Редактирование: Christopher Altman (раздел)

===Astronaut training===
[[File:NASTAR_High_G_Centrifuge_Training.jpg|300x300px|<small>Suborbital launch profile: High-G centrifuge training at the US National Aerospace Training and Research Center</small>|thumb]]
[[File:AGSOL_Spaceflight_Training_—_Christopher_Altman.jpg|border|thumb|300x300px|<small>'''Multi-Axes Rotation and Tilt Device''' (MART). 3 ''g'', 800deg/''s'' <sup>2</sup> rotation capability. Space Motion Sickness (SMS) adaptation, Sirius Astronaut Training, Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory</small> <ref>[http://www.brandeis.edu/graybiel/facilities/mart.html Multi-Axes Rotation and Tilt Device | Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory | Brandeis University]</ref>]]
[[File:AGSOL_Astronaut_Training.jpg|border|thumb|300x300px|<small>Full-speed MART SMS sequence at 3 ''g'', 800deg/''s'' <sup>2</sup> maximum multi-axis rotation and tilt</small>]]
[[File:Commercial_astronauts_SCUBA_training_East_Coast.jpg|border|right|thumb|398x398px|<small>SCUBA diving during inaugural spaceflight training</small>]]
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<small>[[Association of Spaceflight Professionals]] flight members conduct research in a NASA Zero G parabolic flight</small>]]
{{Yt|JJl5oM2wulk|308|right|<small>[[Association of Spaceflight Professionals]]</small>}}

As commercial adjunct to the NASA Astronaut Corps, candidates selected for the commercial corps are held to exacting standards.<ref name=":15" /> Applicants are vetted through a rigorous evaluation process modeled after that of the NASA corps, incorporating guidance and direction from a selection panel of veteran astronauts, astronaut trainers, and experienced spaceflight professionals.<ref name=":16" />

Several members have interviewed as finalists in national astronaut candidate selection campaigns;<ref>[http://www.thespaceshow.com/guest/dr.-erik-seedhouse Dr. Erik Seedhouse {{!}} The Space Show]</ref><ref name=":Toronto">[https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-alumni-make-shortlist-become-canada-s-next-astronauts U of T alumni make shortlist to become Canada’s next astronauts]</ref><ref name=":210">[http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/astronaut-recruit-alaska-makes-good-analog-space Astronaut recruit: Alaska makes a good analog for space {{!}} Geophysical Institute]</ref><ref name=":232">[http://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/engineering-grad-watch-astronaut-hire-aaron-persad/ Engineering grad to watch: astronaut for hire Aaron Persad - U of T Engineering News]. 2014-11-20. U of T Engineering News</ref> one has completed an orbital mission conducting scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station. South Korean Astronaut Soyeon Yi, the first Korean to fly in space, is an active member of the corps and serves on its board of directors.<ref>[http://www.spaceflightprofessionals.org/plans/memberships Membership: Association of Spaceflight Professionals]</ref>

Flight members have lived, worked and trained together with NASA and government astronauts from other countries, as well as serving as astronaut instructors themselves—training both NASA astronauts and Astronaut Candidates in specialist areas such as Space Exploration Vehicles (SEV), Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and critical space mission operational tasks.

<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576512000276 Historical synopses of desert RATS 1997–2010 and a preview of desert RATS]. Acta Astronautica 90, 2. 182–202 Bibcode=2013AcAau..90..182R. DOI=10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.02.003. ISSN=0094-5765 (Accessed 2018-03-01).</ref><ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576511003183 Tools and technologies needed for conducting planetary field geology while on EVA: Insights from the 2010 Desert RATS geologist]. Acta Astronautica 90, 2. 3232–343. Bibcode=2013AcAau..90..332Y. DOI=10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.10.016 ISSN=0094-5765. (Accessed 2018-03-01)</ref><ref name=":16">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457651200080X Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions]. Acta Astronautica 90, 2 224–241. Bibcode: 2013AcAau..90..224E doi:10.1016 j.actaastro.2012.03.009 issn:0094-5765</ref><ref>[https://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=67222|title=UTEP Professor’s Skills Critical to NASA’s RATS Patrol]</ref><ref>[https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/analogs/desertrats/drats2011_crew.html NASA: Meet the 2010 Desert RATS Crew]</ref><ref>[http://www.astronauts4hire.org/2009/12/seedhouse.html Astronauts for Hire: Erik Seedhouse]</ref><ref>[http://pacificspacecenter.com/about/projects/ Projects & Programs {{!}} PISCES Hawaii]</ref>

In 2011, the organization's inaugural class of four commercial astronaut candidates: Altman, Reimuller, Seedhouse and Shiro completed suborbital research scientist training, underwater emergency egress and sea survival training, and spatial orientation-disorientation testing and acclimation,<ref name="EMERGENCY_TRAINING2">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808031715/http://www.astronauts4hire.org/2011/07/press-release-astronauts4hire-members_2816.html Astronauts for Hire Members Complete Emergency & Sea Survival Training]"</ref><ref name="AGSOL2">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004110/http://www.astronauts4hire.org/2011/06/press-release-astronauts4hire-announces.html Astronauts for Hire Announces Summer Training Schedule]"</ref> surpassing performance standards designed in strict adherence to meet or exceed FAA Commercial Astronaut certification and licensing guidelines<ref>2013 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, “A Training Roadmap for Commercial Suborbital Spaceflight Participants.” Mindy Howard, Brienna Henwood, Ben McGee.</ref><ref>Wooldridge, L., Seedhouse, E., Shiro, B., Reimuller,J. (2010-2012) A4h Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Qualification Standards, Astronauts For Hire, Inc.</ref><ref>Wooldridge, A., Reimuller,J. (2012) Commercial Spaceflight Astronaut Syllabus.</ref>  as defined by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation under 14 CFR 460, Human Spaceflight Requirements,<ref name=":15">[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/part-460 14 CFR Part 460 - HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS]. LII / Legal Information Institute</ref> 14 CFR 460.5, Crew qualifications and training,<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/460.5 14 CFR 460.5 - Crew qualifications and training]. Legal Information Institute</ref> and the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, Public Law 108-492, 118, Statute 3978.<ref>[https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/PL108-492.pdf US Congress Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 200]</ref><ref name=":92">[https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/programs/international_affairs/media/Industry_Standards_paper_IAC_Sept_2013_FAAfinal.pdf IAC-13-E6.4.5 – Industry Standards for Commercial Space Transportation].</ref><ref name=":102">[https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/regulations/ Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) chapter III, Commercial Space Transportation], Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.</ref><ref name=":112">[https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/news/magazine/ISO%20Focus%2B%20(2010-2013)/en/2011/ISO%20Focus%2B%2C%20October%202011.pdf International Standards Organization: Opening Space]</ref>