The U.S. Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) moon missions announced the new astronaut candidates for space agency, Artemis GenerationIt has thus announced that it has added even more members to . In fact, many people want to be astronauts at a young age. Because going into space, walking in space sounds very nice. But very few people make this dream come true. Some of them announced their happiness to the whole world today as astronaut candidates.
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NASA continues preparations for the Artemis Moon program
Six men and four women, selected from more than 12,000 applicants to the space agency in March 2020, became official astronaut candidates. His team of ten now awaits a challenging training process. like this Artemis With this mission, it will be possible for our satellite to reach the Moon. Of course, there will be other space mission opportunities as well.
According to the news of The Verge, NASA has announced that the new candidates for the Moon mission Artemis GenerationHe stated that he was a part of. Meanwhile, we expect the Artemis program to start in 2025. Developed for NASA’s deep space exploration plans Space Launch System (SLS) will be one of the most important parts of this mission.
However, NASA Artemis has not yet assigned a team to any task related to the program. Therefore, technically, the flights still continue. In December 2020 NASA likely to take part in Artemis missions Artemis Crew with 18 astronauts explained. The candidates announced today will likely join this pool as well.
Who are NASA’s new astronaut candidates?
Besides moon missions, NASA still SpaceX Crew Dragon is flying astronauts to the International Space Station in his spacecraft. However, new candidates need to be trained. Astronauts, your agency T-38 jet plane He will learn how to fly his fleet, spacewalk training, robotics, and many other missions in approximately two years of training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Those who succeed will receive astronaut status.
NASA announced these names for its Moon mission:
- Nichole Ayers
- Marcos Berrios
- Christina Birch
- Sea Burnham
- Luke Delaney
- Andre Douglas
- Jack Hathaway
- Anil Menon
- Christopher Williams
- Jessica Wittner
Most of the group now or before US Air Force and NavyPersons with military experience in. Burnham is a drilling engineer from Alaska, while Menon recently worked as a paramedic at SpaceX. Ayers is USA in the Air Force F-22 pilot
Candidates for admission as NASA astronauts US citizen from an accredited university STEM It is necessary to have a master’s degree in a related field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Also at least A 1,000-hour jet plane It is also necessary to have at least three years of experience as a pilot or in a STEM-related field.