I got turned down to be a NASA astronaut 3 times — here's what finally worked

Former NASA astronaut, Mike Massimino, shares his journey to achieving his dream by overcoming vision challenges and multiple ...
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Smead Aerospace graduate a NASA astronaut candidate

An alumna of the University of Colorado Boulder and a Kentucky native, Overcash was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates from over 8,000 applications received for their Astronaut Class of 2025.
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Inside NASA’s astronaut training for a historic moon mission

(Bloomberg) -- In just days, a group of astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — is slated to fly roughly 5,000 miles past the far side of the moon, the farthest humans have ever traveled in ...
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Duke grad is a candidate to become NASA astronaut

A Duke University graduate is an astronaut candidate with NASA. Anna Menon has previously been on a mission with Space X, and now she's in the middle of a two-year training program to prepare her for ...
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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...
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NASA, Meta and universities launch major workforce programs

NASA, Meta, and U.S. universities have each launched new training and recruitment initiatives aimed at building skilled talent pipelines in aerospace, technology, and international exchange. NASA is ...