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Space is a dangerous place. Astronauts are trained to respond to and overcome challenges that they encounter on their missions. Some of these near disasters are featured in the TV series Secret Space Escapes , which continues in re-runs on the Science Channel. Set your DVRs to record tomorrow's episode featuring Robert Curbeam's own space escape! A4H's Victoria Varone sat down with astronauts Linger , Yi , and Curbeam during their recent appearance at New York Comic Con . Here, we've posted her interview with astronaut Robert Curbeam . They discussed his experiences with "mishaps" in space, what he thinks of commercial space, and his favorite NASA experience. RC: I’m Robert Curbeam, I’m a retired NASA astronaut. A4H: Thank you very much for sitting down with me. This panel coming up is for Secret Space Escapes, a new show about disasters that have happened in space, right? RC: Well, yeah, although we prefer to call them ‘mishaps.’ Fortunately, everybody y...

Space is a dangerous place. Astronauts are trained to respond to and overcome challenges that they encounter on their missions. Some of these near disasters are featured in the TV series Secret Space Escapes , which continues on the Science Channel. A4H's Victoria Varone sat down with astronauts Linger, Curbeam, and Yi during their recent appearance at New York Comic Con . Here, we've posted her interview with astronaut Soyeon Yi . They discussed Yi's rough return to Earth in a Soyuz capsule after her mission to the ISS in 2008. Scroll down to read the whole interview but first check out this video on how she became Korea's first astronaut at the young age of 29!. Meet Soyeon Yi: Korea's First Astronaut! from GoodNeighbors on Vimeo . A4H: So, this panel’s about disasters in space. Have you experienced any mishaps in space? SY: We had a ballistic reentry because we had a problem during the separation of our capsule. Some part of the habitation module was stil...

Space is a dangerous place. Astronauts are trained to respond to and overcome challenges that they encounter on their missions. Some of these near disasters are featured in the new Secret Space Escapes , which premiers tonight on the Science Channel. A4H's Victoria Varone sat down with astronauts Linger, Curbeam, and Yi during their recent appearance at New York Comic Con . Here, we've posted her interview with former astronaut Jerry Linger . They discussed what the "right stuff" is for crew selection and how he survived the 1997 Mir fire . Scroll down to read the whole interview, but first check out this clip from the first episode of Secret Space Escapes . JL: Hi, I’m Jerry Linenger and I’m a retired NASA astronaut. Whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with today? A4H: I’m Victoria, and I represent an organization called Astronauts4Hire. It’s a nonprofit that preps aspiring astronauts to for the booming commercial space industry. JL: So by doing that, they ...

The long-awaited video highlighting Astronauts4Hire's purpose, services, and the training its members undergo to become professional commercial astronauts is now available on the A4H YouTube channel . Watch now to learn about the only organization developing the next generation commercial astronaut workforce. "Astronauts4Hire is a fast-growing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of Ph.D. level experts in a wide array of scientific fields spread all over the world. We're developing this commercial astronaut workforce to bridge the gap between researchers and the new commercial space industry. We can help your organization be highly productive on parabolic flights, suborbital or even orbital missions. Contact us today to put our team to work on your project." --Brian Shiro, A4H CEO Special thanks to Oceans Aloft and Rusty Rogers for filming and producing the video. We also thank A4H's training partners Survival Systems USA , SIRIUS Astronaut Training , a...

Earlier this week, A4H Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse was the featured guest on The Space Show where he discussed his new book Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the Commercial Astronaut Corps (ISBN 978-1-4614-0519-1), which has been available since April 2012 . The interview covers suborbital and orbital spaceflight, aeromedical issues, training, safety, and the activities of the A4H organization. It's an engaging conversation that we proudly recommend to anyone interested in commercial spaceflight. Listen to the show here: Podcast Powered By Podbean

On our recent NASA-funded parabolic flights with partner Vital Space , A4H helped evaluate  Sotera Wireless 's new FDA-approved biomedical monitoring system in the microgravity environment in order to advance the safety of spaceflight for everyone. The first news media stories associated with A4H's second parabolic research project are out, and we'd like to share them with you. The principal investigators of the study doctors Komatireddy and Barrett from the Scripps Translational Science Institute were on three local news programs this week talking about the project's goals to better understand and monitor the human body's response to spaceflight. Their live interviews include footage of A4H flight members Reimuller and Shiro testing the Sotera device in microgravity. You can watch all three video segments below: KUSI TV Good Morning San Diego (also watch on YouTube ): KGTV ABC 10 News San Diego ( text here , also watch on YouTube ): KSWD FOX 5 News San Diego...

Last week Moonandback.com posted a 4-part interview filmed with A4H President Brian Shiro at the NSRC 2012 conference in Palo Alto, California. The interview covered topics related to the Astronauts4Hire organization and Shiro's personal astronaut ambitions. Moonandback has generously allowed us to included all four videos here for your viewing convenience. Part 1: Astronauts4Hire Part 2: The Right Stuff Part 3: One Astronaut’s Path Part 4: Bettering the Long Odds

A4H Flight Member Melania Guerra has always dreamed of being an astronaut. As this week's issue of New Scientist reports, she is using her background working in extreme environments along with her training through Astronauts4Hire to achieve that lifelong goal in the post-Shuttle era of spaceflight. The article titled "Aiming for the Stars" is in the current issue on newsstands now. As the world's #1 science and technology news service, New Scientist is the most widely circulated science publication with a global readership of nearly 900,000. The article is available online or on newsstands this week in the 3 December 2011 issue ( Issue 2841 ). A PDF version of the article is also available for download from the A4H website. New Scientist last featured A4H through its "One Minute with Brian Shiro" interview in July 2010. A4H thanks New Scientist for taking an interest in A4H's contribution to the developing commercial spaceflight industry.

If you're an aspiring commercial astronaut wanting to fly experiments in space, how can you make that happen? That is the focus of a new article appearing in this week's issue of the journal Nature ( Volume 476, Number 7361, pp 477-478, doi:10.1038/nj7361-477a ). It features interviews with A4H's Jason Reimuller and Brian Shiro on how Astronauts4Hire is creating a new model of astronaut training in the era of private spaceflight. The pair discuss ways the A4H organization is preparing them to realize their own space research goals and the prospects for future flight opportunities with carriers like Virgin Galactic , which already has a contract with SwRI researchers . In this new feature, author Katharine Sanderson follows up on her related  February 2010 Nature article which discussed how the commercial spaceflight industry is opening opportunities for researchers like never before. We thank her for the chance to expose A4H to Nature readers.  Nature is one of the ...

Astronauts4Hire received global media attention  in major TV, radio, print, and online news outlets following our September 2010 announcement that Vostok Pty Ltd had hired us to conduct microgravity flight tests of their new space beer.  After some flight schedule changes, we successfully carried out the first space beer test  in February 2011, completing our first research contract as "astronauts for hire."  Several news outlets took note of this accomplishment, including Fox News , Discovery News , MSNBC , Slashdot , FOOD Magazine , Beer and Brewer Magazine , and Hemispheres Magazine (on United/Continental Airlines). Hot on the heels of the successful final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, a new Reuters article titled "Australian beer hopes to boldly go into space" is making waves in the current news cycle.  Drawing upon interviews with Jaron Mitchell of the 4 Pines Brewery and Dr. Jason Held of Saber Astronautics Australia , as w...

The June 2011 issue of Discover Magazine includes a 2-page spread called " After the Shuttle: Astronauts for Hire ." Featuring interviews with A4H President Brian Shiro and former NASA astronaut Ken Bowersox  (now of SpaceX ), the article focuses on how the astronaut profession is changing in the post-Shuttle era.  It highlights one of the most important reasons we started Astronauts4Hire in the first place: to recruit and train the next generation of astronauts for the new age of commercial spaceflight.  The article is available on newsstands now.  We thank  Discover for taking an interest in A4H and the future of human spaceflight. Other articles featuring A4H, including last year's New Scientist interview and the widespread media attention paid to our first job , are listed on our  Media page .

In an interview posted earlier today on the Space Business Blog , Astronauts4Hire President and co-founder Brian Shiro revealed for the first time some aspects of the A4H business plan. Topics in the interview ranged from the upcoming space beer test flight to A4H's long term growth strategy and range of services. We wish to thank Space Business Blog author Colin Doughan for his continued interest in A4H; he first wrote about us in an August 2010 post titled " The Astronaut Company ".

Astronauts4Hire has received worldwide attention since announcing its first job as the contracted flight researcher hired by Saber Astronautics Australia and the 4 Pines Brewery to test Vostok space beer in microgravity. To date, over 150 articles have appeared in the media ranging from blogs to magazines, newspapers, radio, and television. Here are some of the highlights: Discover Magazine Popular Science TIME Magazine   Sydney Morning Herald Discovery News SPACE.com & MSNBC We've been on a number of radio and TV programs too: Brian Shiro spoke with host Pascale Hartner on BBC's The World Today . Free Flash Widget by Static Player!   Ben Corbin spoke with host Carol Off on CBC's As it Happens (23-28 minutes into the broadcast). Free Flash Widget by Static Player!   Todd Romberger spoke with host Ed Wenck on WIBC Radio . Free Flash Widget by Static Player!   Host Steve Inskeep discussed the space beer project on NPR's Morning Edition . Free Fl...

A4H member Alli Taylor had the privilege of being interviewed by Dr. Kent Miller, the host of Around Space .  Around Space, a public access television show in the Washington, D.C. metro area, is directed and produced by the local chapter of the National Space Society .  The show expressed interest in our new organization and was eager to lock-in an interview with one of our members.  Alli discussed the initiatives and capabilities of the Astronauts for Hire organization, emphasizing that A4H plans to be the matchmaker between astronaut candidates, spaceflight providers, and the research community. "Besides discussing the exciting potential our organization holds within the space community, I really enjoyed the experience of being on a TV set followed by dinner with the crew!  I was honored to represent the organization, it was quite an experience." Dr. Kent Miller (left) and A4H member Alli Taylor Look for the interview to air within the next few months and an ...

You asked, and we answered! A few weeks ago, Dr. Ethan Siegel of the " Starts With A Bang! " blog asked his readers to send questions to Astronauts4Hire. Many readers responded, and Ethan chose the five best questions for us to answer. Now we have responded with our answers to the five queries.  Plus, we have an extra-special surprise; in addition to full written responses , we have also provided video responses on our new Astronauts4Hire YouTube Channel . Below is our video response to Question #3 : "What are your primary motivations and personal goals for wanting to be an astronaut? Was this your childhood dream? Is there a special scientific, engineering, patriotic, or personal aspiration that you hope to fulfill?" You can see our other responses to questions #1 : what is a commercial astronaut, #2 : training, #4 : tasks and missions, and #5 : Mars on YouTube and on " Starts With A Bang! "  Keep an eye out for future video updates from Astronauts4Hire...

Astronautst4Hire President Brian Shiro is this week's featured space personality on the Pars3c blog .  In his engaging interview response , Shiro discusses how some of his past experiences led him to co-found A4H, what A4H has been doing so far, and his personal vision for the future of human spaceflight. In the interview, Shiro explains how A4H will play an important role in defining what it means to be a commercial astronaut. When asked about the future of NASA and commercial human spaceflight, he replied: Anyone following the discussions on NASA’s future lately has heard a lot about ... commercial vs. government ...  Although the term “commercial crew” is used often, people are usually talking the vehicles and not the astronauts. In other words, the “crew” has largely been left out of the equation so far.  Astronauts4Hire is filling that void by building a viable solution for developing the commercial astronaut workforce. Brian joins a long list of interesting pe...

New Scientist magazine has published an interview with A4H President Brian Shiro titled "Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science" .  The article touches upon how commercial spaceflight will revolutionize suborbital science and how A4H plans to be a part of it.  More details about A4H are available on our FAQ page . As the world's #1 science and technology news service, New Scientist is the most widely circulated science publication with a global readership of nearly 900,000.  The article is available online or on newsstands this week in the 17 July 2010 issue ( Issue 2769 ).  A PDF version of the article is also available for download from the A4H website.  A4H thanks New Scientist for taking an interest in our organization and suborbital science.

Brian (center) with hosts & other guests A4H co-founder and President Brian Shiro was a featured guest on the June 2 episode of Bytemarks Cafe , a weekly science and technology radio show produced by Hawaii Public Radio .  The discussion considered A4H in the wider context of both human and robotic space exploration and focused particularly on the relevance of space to Hawaii. You can listen to the show in full below: Podcast Powered By Podbean

Astronauts4Hire co-founder Amnon Govrin called-in yesterday to The Space Show open-lines edition and discussed Astronauts4Hire and other topics (starting at 88 minutes). Earlier on the show Astronauts4Hire was favorably mentioned by Paul Graham from OpenLuna . You can listen to the show in full below: Podcast Powered By Podbean

A4H co-founder Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto was on The Space Show yesterday. During the third segment of the show, she and David Livingston talked about Astronauts4Hire. The callers asked some very good questions that have prompted us to start working on a FAQ page for our website. Stay tuned for that addition in the near future. You can listen to the show in full below: Podcast Powered By Podbean