What do payload specialists do

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Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Related Content Related Overviews payload. Show Summary Details Overview payload specialist. All rights reserved. The second type of astronaut is the Mission Specialists. They are responsible for payload operations - science experiments, spacewalks, etc. Typically 10 - 20 are selected every 2 years. The third type of astronaut is the Payload Specialist, such as myself.

They are chosen in the case of our mission by the scientists with experiments on flight, or on other flights by political will e.

John Glenn. Of course all such selections have to be approved by NASA. There are 2 types of space flight training. After years of training astronauts, things run pretty smoothly and in my opinion almost anyone with reasonable physical and mental skills could fly in space successfully. On the other hand, the best parts of the space flight experience for Roger, anyway, this is what he relayed to me were. Pushing the button and starting an experiment for the first time.