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- Astronauts - NASA
Today there are usually seven astronauts living on board at any given time, from a variety of countries The first class of NASA astronauts was selected in 1959 They are known as the Mercury 7
- Active Astronauts - NASA
NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows
- Humans In Space - NASA
Astronauts Astronauts train for a variety of missions, including performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and preparing for missions to the Moon with Artemis Learn More about Astronauts
- Astronaut Requirements - NASA
As NASA continues to expand human exploration in our solar system, we will need more than the currently active astronauts to crew spacecraft bound for multiple deep-space destinations NASA’s astronauts currently work as scientists on the International Space Station—a laboratory that orbits Earth approximately 240 miles above the planet’s
- Astronaut Fact Book - NASA
The NASA Astronaut Fact Book provides information on the 360 explorers who have been selected as astronauts since NASA's first class in 1959
- Become An Astronaut - NASA
NASA astronauts have been traveling to space for more than six decades and living there continuously since 2000 Now, NASA’s Artemis program is preparing to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon
- Astronaut Selection Program - NASA
NASA selects astronauts from a pool of applicants with a wide variety of backgrounds From the thousands of applications received, only a few are chosen for the intensive Astronaut Candidate training program
- Astronaut Biographies - NASA
Through astronauts’ accounts and testimonies available at NASA Headquarters Library, those who haven’t flown into space, orbited the Earth, left a footprint on the moon, or performed spacewalks on the International Space Station can gain insight into the courage it takes to be an astronaut and the ways in which space exploration has changed
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