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Glossary term: Astronauta

Description: Un astronauta es una persona cualificada para formar parte de una tripulación a bordo de un vuelo espacial. Los astronautas están capacitados para manejar cohetes y estaciones espaciales y para resolver problemas técnicos especializados propios de los viajes fuera de la atmósfera terrestre. A menudo reciben formación para realizar experimentos científicos en el espacio. Algunos astronautas han pisado la Luna. Astronauta se utilizaba originalmente para referirse a las tripulaciones espaciales de los Estados Unidos de América, pero ahora es un término general utilizado por muchos países diferentes. Los astronautas rusos se llaman cosmonautas, los chinos taikonautas y los europeos spationauts.

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Astronaut Alexander Gerst in a spacesuit during a spacewalk outside the ISS.

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Caption: European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (Germany) during an extravehicular activity (EVA) at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. His shift outside the ISS took more than six hours.
Credit: NASA credit link

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Levitating Astronaut

Levitating Astronaut

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Levitate an astronaut with the power of magnetism.

License: CC-BY-4.0 Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) icons
Tags: Hands-on , Levitation , Magnets , Magnetism , Force , Charge
Age Ranges: 8-10 , 10-12
Education Level: Middle School , Primary , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Modelling
Costs: Low Cost
Group Size: Group
Skills: Asking questions , Constructing explanations , Developing and using models , Planning and carrying out investigations