
There's no limit to what you can learn and achieve in the Army - with expert training, unparalleled educational opportunities and access to the most sophisticated technology. Find out just how far you can go from astronaut Col. Tim Kopra. Hear from him, as he shares his story and answers your questions from the International Space Station.
Col. Timothy Kopra answers Jonathon Johnson from North Chicago, Illinois, who asks; "My efforts to figure out what I'm doing in life. I want to know in what ways does the Army provide a good stepping stone for those of us who need it?"
The next question is from Jonathon Johnson and Jonathon is from North Chicago, Illinois his question is; "My efforts to figure out what I'm doing in life. I want to know in what ways does the Army provide a good stepping stone for those of us who need it?"
You know what, we all need a good stepping stone, we all need to find ways in which we can grow and also meet the goals that we set for ourselves, and sometimes we don't have goal and so the Army is a great place to help us establish goals and to achieve them.
You know, one of the things I love about my career in the Army and I can see this happening to other young people that join the military and that is they're continuously challenged.
There's always something new to learn and one thing specifically I think more about the Army than even the other services is your always pushed a little bit farther than what you think you can do and as a consequence you grow that much, that much faster.
The many skills you learn in the Army, opportunities for leadership and learning how to work as a large team and also just self-discipline so you can get whatever job your doing done more effectively.
The Army is the only military service routinely providing engineers directly to NASA.
An Army rocket carried the first U.S. astronaut into space.
The U.S. Army detachment at NASA is part of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
In NASA history, there have been 15 Army astronauts.
An Army team was responsible for the launch of Explorer, the first U.S. satellite.
NASA currently has four Active Duty Soldiers serving as Army Astronauts.
Col. Tim Kopra served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
The Army has partnered with NASA to provide technology and astronauts to the Space Shuttle program.