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QED With Dr. B

Astronaut Training

Season 2 Episode 14 | 26m 46s

How do you become an astronaut? Dr. B travels to the Johnson Space Center to find out. Explore the challenges of astronaut training and learn how the team prepares to explore the unknown in space.

Aired: 01/24/23
Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.
Extras
Watch • 26:46
QED With Dr. B
Training for weightlessness at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Explore the challenges of astronaut training and how they prepare for space.
Clip: S2 E14 | 26:46
Watch • 6:45
QED With Dr. B
NASA simulation prepares astronauts for the moon and beyond
NASA simulations and training on Earth prepare astronauts to work on the moon and beyond.
Clip: S2 E14 | 6:45