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Crewed spaceflight (also referred to as human spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew aboard the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.

Crewed spaceflight (also referred to as human spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew aboard the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.

This tag is most appropriate for questions directly relating to the manned aspect of spaceflight.

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Which space vehicle had the most interior, pressurized cabin space?

According to NASA's Space Shuttle Basics page, the Space Shuttle had 74.3 cubic meters (2,625 cubic feet) of pressurized cabin space. That provided its largest crew of 8 with only 328 cubic feet per person! (roughly 7ft in all directions) That…
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Which countries could launch a human into space on very short notice

I’m not sure if it's better to ask this here or on worldbuilding.se Which countries except Russia/China/US can launch their own crew into space and return them unharmed (if for some reason this really becomes necessary to do and has to happen…
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Is there research for the optimal small crew size for a long space voyage?

There are many factors in planning a long space voyage. The human interaction being one of them. Group dynamics have been studied in detail for naval and other military applications, the stations on Antarctica have also contributed to the body of…
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Are there any sites that have collection of Bellcomm Inc. memos?

Bellcomm Inc was contracted by NASA to provide alternate and hypothetical launch vehicles, spacecraft, and missions. The memos combine the right blend of technical detail without heavy mathematics and are fantastic reading. I know they are now…
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How are spacecraft crews protected from sound damage during launch?

As stated elsewhere, the soundwaves formed by a rocket launch are powerful enough to do structural damage to the spacecraft during launch. How are astronauts protected against the soundwaves, or why is the crew capsule not affected by the extreme…
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Have there been (more) reflights of a manned space mission?

In recent question about color blindness there was an interesting fact about two back-to-back space shuttle missions, STS-83 and STS-94, that were flown with same shuttle and same crew with only few months apart. The reason was that STS-83 was cut…
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Solutions for transporting water to space

If water is the cheapest, and most usable radiation shield material for human space travel, how do we get large amounts of it to orbit?
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are there any posters available with all astronauts/cosmonauts?

The only poster imaging all astronauts at that time I am aware is the one created by NASA in 1967. Are there any follow ups with meanwhile 550 space travellers?
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How long to get to Geostationary Orbit?

Fictional Planet has a gravity of approximately 0.68g Geostationary orbit of said fictional planet is approximately 32,000 km above the surface according to online calculator. Spacecraft capable of approximately 3g of constant acceleration (for…
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Perspective on “light years”

If Alpha Centauri (approx 4.5 light years) is our nearest star, at the highest possible speed for human spacecraft, how long would it take to travel there? People talk about interstellar travel. People do not realize the vastness and distances…
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Do astronauts also have a lack of certain radiation which they had on Earth but not in space?

You could think perhaps about sunlight. But a while ago I've read something about astronauts missing some other 'strange' radiation. I forgot what is exactly was. But could it be for example a kind of radiation of the magnetic field of the earth or…
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Could you use two (or more) weather balloons, and an oxygen tank to get a human to low orbit?

Would it be possible? Could you survive? Practical?
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