Astronaut Training | New Space Economy

Illustrated classroom scene with four space-uniformed trainees reacting to a green alien-costumed visitor entering through an open door, while a chalkboard lists five encounter guidelines.

FIRST CONTACT PROTOCOL

Illustration of a person in a spacesuit receiving pool training from an instructor beside a deep swimming pool, with two seated trainees, a depth display, safety equipment, and a skills checklist.

STARBOUND SPACE TRAINING CENTER

A suited trainee is strapped into a rotating simulator while a staff member uses a console displaying a G-force reading of 3.2 and climbing; a checklist and max-G-force training sign are nearby.

STARBOUND SPACE TRAINING CENTER

Four crew members in blue NASA-marked suits occupy separate areas of a cramped habitat. One lies on a bunk and three sit apart; a central floor strip marks a boundary, while notes, schedules, and group-goal signs refer to survival, meals, conflict, and homesickness. A reddish mountainous landscape is visible through the round window.

DAY 47: TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

Illustrated consultation between a psychologist and an astronaut, featuring a perception-test card with Earth surrounded by dark splatters, space-themed wall signs, and evaluation notes on a desk.

SPACE PSYCHOLOGY EVALUATION

Comic scene of three suited trainees strapped into a shaking spacecraft simulator, with a maintenance worker kicking the machine and a console warning that the system is unstable.

LAUNCH SIMULATOR

Illustrated aircraft cabin during a weightless interval, with three suited people floating and reaching for sandwiches and drink pouches, loose green spheres throughout, and a seated person labeled Johnson eating chicken salad.

PARABOLIC FLIGHT TRAINING

An instructor points to a detailed schematic of spacesuit waste handling, including pumps, separators, scrubbers, tanks, collectors, storage, recycling, and disposal lines, while four trainees react anxiously.

MARK IV SPACESUIT WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Humorous illustration of astronaut mobility training in a lunar-gravity simulator labeled 0.16 g, with one astronaut suspended by a harness, an instructor taking notes, three observers behind a window, and safety cones on the rocky floor.

LUNAR GRAVITY TRAINING

Cartoon showing four mud-covered people in NASA-marked space suits in a rocky mountain landscape. A training instructor holds two brochures, one labeled “SPACE GETAWAYS” and another “COSMIC ESCAPES.” A recovery vehicle and a survival-exercise sign stand nearby, and the bottom caption describes the experience as NASA’s economy travel package.

ASTRONAUT SURVIVAL EXERCISE