ASTRONAUT ORIENTATION

• Astronaut Orientation Classroom Curriculum
• VR Spacecraft Hangar Experience
• VR Spaceflight Experience
• The Overview Effect
• Vehicle Simulator Encounter
• Group Dinner

Your first day is dedicated to stimulating your intellect and emotions about what it is like to fly to space including the powerful emotions that are often accompanied by the Overview Effect!

You begin in the classroom learning about rocketry, orbital mechanics, human physiology in the space environment, and the difference between suborbital and orbital spaceflight. You then tour the fleet of existing and future spacecraft and mission types in Orbite’s virtual reality training environment. Enjoy a zero to hero boost to your space IQ!

• Visualization & Meditation
• Launch & Reentry G Force Briefing
• Learn the Anti-G Straining Maneuver Technique
• Spaceflight Mission G Force Centrifuge flights
• Personal Reflections & Quiz
• Graduation
• Ceremony Dinner

On the third and final day of Astronaut Orientation you will begin your day with a meditation and visualization class to understand ways to manage stress properly including applying breathing techniques and focus based meditation. After a briefing on g forces and why they are important in spaceflight, you will climb inside a spacecraft cabin and get to feel actual acceleration forces in multiple realistic spacecraft mission profiles that will help you understand what one must undergo to escape and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. Your day ends with a personal reflection discussion and quiz on what you’ve learned followed by a fantastic graduation ceremony and celebratory dinner!