The life of an astronaut

Mar 27, 2014

The life of an astronaut

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World astronauts, outer space

American, Canadian and Russian astronauts offer a peek into what life is like preparing for launch and being up in space.

: Russian cosmonauts Evgeniy Tarelkin (right), Oleg Novitskiy (center) and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford pose for a picture at Baikonur cosmodrome on October 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin (left), Oleg Novitskiy (center) and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford plant a tree at Baikonur cosmodrome on October 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew member Kevin Ford climbs into the Soyuz spacecraft in the Baikonur cosmodrome on October 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Russian cosmonauts Evgeniy Tarelkin (front) and Oleg Novitskiy attend a training session at Baikonur cosmodrome on October 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Spacesuits are seen laid out for U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko before an exam on a simulator of the International Space Station at the Russian cosmonaut training center at Star City outside Moscow on November 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano adjusts his space suit before taking part in a simulation exercise at the Star City cosmonaut training center outside Moscow on April 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Russian cosmonauts Sergei Revin (right) and Gennady Padalka (center) and U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba take part in a training session at the Star City space center outside Moscow on April 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: From left, International Space Station (ISS) crew members Joseph Acaba (U.S.) and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin demonstrate their space suits at the Baikonur cosmodrome May 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka lies inside a centrifugal machine before a training session at the Star City space center outside Moscow on March 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew member Thomas Marshburn waits as specialists check his suit at Baikonur cosmodrome on December 7, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew members Joseph Acaba (left), Gennady Padalka (center) and Sergei Revin sit inside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule after landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan on September 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: ISS crew members Michael Fossum (left), Sergey Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa sit inside the Soyuz TMA-02M capsule after landing near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, November 22, 2011. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew members, US astronaut Dan Burbank, Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, sit inside the Soyuz capsule shortly after the landing in Kazakhstan, near Arkalyk, April 27, 2012. (SERGEI REMEZOV/AFP/GettyImages)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew member Chris Hadfield is pictured through a window attending a training at Baikonur cosmodrome on December 7, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: International Space Station (ISS) crew member Kevin Ford is seen inside the Soyuz spacecraft during training at Baikonur cosmodrome on October 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: The International Space Station (ISS) crew members, U.S. astronaut Kevin Ford (left) and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (center) and Evgeny Tarelkin, pose in front of the Soyuz spacecraft as they undergo training at Baikonur cosmodrome on October 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield gestures after the Russian Soyuz space capsule landed some 90 miles southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan on May 14, 2013. Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station (ISS), landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the ISS. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan on November 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

: The Russian Soyuz space capsule with US astronaut Tom Marshburn, Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko aboard lands some 90 miles southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan on May 14, 2013. (SERGEI REMEZOV/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ground personnel carry International Space Station (ISS) crew member U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank shortly after landing in Kazakhstan, some 55 miles northeast of Arkalyk, on April 27, 2012. (REUTERS/Sergei Remezov)

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