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- NASA Selects 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html 16 comments
- Brian O'Leary wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the physical properties of the Martian surface and was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in 1967 for a potential manned Mars mission when it was still in NASA's program plan http://www.astronautix.com/o/oleary.html 24 comments space
- UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training https://www.reuters.com/article/worldnews/iduskbn2by097?il=0 615 comments space
- UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-space/uae-selects-first-arab-woman-for-astronaut-training-iduskbn2by097?il=0 6 comments worldnews
- Any updates on the astronaut selection program? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/55kw2z/any_updates_on_the_astronaut_selection_program/ 6 comments space
- Astronaut selection http://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/broch00.htm 3 comments space
- NASA Astronaut Selection opening soon! Anyone applying? http://astronauts.nasa.gov/ 89 comments space
- China's first two women astronauts selected http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/china-military-news/2010-03/11/content_4151482.htm 7 comments space
- UAE astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi selected for six-month ISS mission https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2022/07/25/UAE-astronaut-Sultan-al-Neyadi-selected-for-six-month-ISS-mission 43 comments space
- Russia to introduce genotype based technology for selecting astronauts in 2020-2021 https://tass.com/science/1082717 4 comments technology
- The first astronaut class, selected in 1959 for the Mercury Program. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mercury/mercury_ov/hires/s62_8774.jpg 181 comments space
- NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Space Flights http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2015/07/09/nasa-selects-astronauts-for-first-u-s-commercial-space-flights/?linkid=15417069 4 comments spacex
- NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Space Flights https://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2015/07/09/nasa-selects-astronauts-for-first-u-s-commercial-space-flights/ 82 comments spacex
- NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Space Flights http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2015/07/09/nasa-selects-astronauts-for-first-u-s-commercial-space-flights/ 8 comments space
- Who is Jasmin Moghbeli? Astronaut selected by NASA for moon misson. https://valmok.com/who-is-jasmin-moghbeli-and-her-biography/ 2 comments technology
- SpaceX Flight Surgeon, Anil Menon, selected for newest NASA Astronaut class. https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/anil-menon/biography 102 comments spacex
- First astronauts selected to train to fly to space on commercial crew carriers https://pbs.twimg.com/media/cje4o40woaacjdf.jpg 2 comments space
- Mars One Astronaut Selection Announcement [Today @ 9:00 PDT / noon EDT / 1600 UTC] http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/mars-one-astronaut-selection.html 4 comments space
- Mars One Issues Requirements For 2013 Astronaut Selection - Mars One http://mars-one.com/en/mars-one-news/press-releases/11-news/364-mars-one-issues-requirements-for-2013-astronaut-selection?utm_source=astronaut%2Bapplication%2Bnewsmail&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_term=press%2Brelease&utm_campaign=astronaut%2Brequirements 9 comments space
- First Egyptian in Space to Fly with Blue Origin: Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut-2 Selection https://twitter.com/SpaceHumanity/status/1550568264509444096?s=20&t=FoJsUXh0DgsOa2TLzzSgzQ 286 comments space
- NASA selects Elon Musk’s SpaceX to land first astronauts on Moon since 1972 https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210417-nasa-selects-elon-musk-s-spacex-to-land-first-astronauts-on-moon-since-1972 7 comments space
- Calling all future astronauts! Applications are open for ESA’s first astronaut selection in over a decade https://www.esa.int/about_us/careers_at_esa/esa_astronaut_selection/calling_all_future_astronauts#.ygxtobkp1aa.link 5 comments space
- China outlines intense space station launch schedule, new astronaut selection https://spacenews.com/china-outlines-intense-space-station-launch-schedule-new-astronaut-selection/ 48 comments worldnews
- IAF completes first level of astronaut selection for Gaganyaan mission. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/iaf-completes-first-level-of-astronaut-selection-for-gaganyaan-mission-1567771450663.html 11 comments india
- Major Frank Rubio (pilot and SF MD) was selected as an astronaut candidate this month https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/frank-rubio/biography 75 comments army
- CNN Exclusive: Inside the secretive process to select the first astronauts for NASA's next moon mission https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/29/world/nasa-artemis-moon-secretive-crew-selection-process/index.html 2 comments space
- NASA selects 10 new astronaut recruits to train for future missions | With the addition of these 10 members of the 2021 astronaut candidate class, NASA now has selected 360 astronauts since the original Mercury Seven in 1959 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-new-astronaut-recruits-to-train-for-future-missions 3 comments space
- Being selected as an "astronaut" is one of the hardest challenges in the world. And even then, you’re still not guaranteed a flight to space. Here are some of the “astronauts” who had the right stuff, but never made it to space. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/these-astronauts-had-the-right-stuff-but-never-made-it-to-space 13 comments space
- Nokia selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon as the U.S. space agency plans for future lunar settlements. The network will give astronauts voice and video communications capabilities, allow data exchange, as well as control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices. https://www.reuters.com/article/nokia-nasa-moon-iduskbn2741jr 37 comments worldnews
- Four astronauts selected for India’s first manned mission, Gaganyaan: ISRO chief https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/four-astronauts-selected-india-s-first-manned-moon-mission-gaganyaan-isro-chief-115140 4 comments space
- Four astronauts selected for India’s first manned mission, Gaganyaan: ISRO chief https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/four-astronauts-selected-india-s-first-manned-moon-mission-gaganyaan-isro-chief-115140 5 comments space
- [NASA] Jonny Kim: NASA's 2017 Astronaut Class: Jonny Kim was selected as a member of NASA's 2017 astronaut class, nicknamed "the Turtles." https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jonny-kim-nasas-2017-astronaut-class 4 comments space
- When China was selecting female astronauts for its space mission the women were required to be married, to have given birth naturally and to neither have decayed teeth nor scars. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/china-has-some-very-strange-criteria-for-selecting-its-flawless-female-astronauts-2012-3?r=us&ir=t 5 comments space
- Barbara Morgan was the back-up to Christa McAuliffe in the "Teacher in Space" program. After McAuliffe perished in the Challenger disaster, Morgan was inspired to become an astronaut and was eventually selected in 1998. Morgan fulfilled McAuliffe's mission aboard STS-118 in 2007. https://www.biography.com/people/barbara-morgan-241439 22 comments space
- Scientist astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, a geologist, persuaded his mentor to train the Apollo astronauts in selecting appropriate rock samples to collect through field experience, rather than the boring classroom lectures NASA has been using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/from_the_earth_to_the_moon_(miniseries) 4 comments space
- As a boy growing up in Kansas, Nick Hague looked up at the stars. In October, the 42-year-old father‘s dream will come true when he blasts off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS. Hague was one of eight selected in 2013 for NASA’s astronaut candidate training program. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nasa-astronaut/nick-hague-dreamed-of-the-stars-as-a-boy-now-hes-heading-to-space-iduskbn1jf17y 257 comments space
- Shortlisted Mars One astronaut says venture has taken giant leap backwards. Astrophysicist Joseph Roche says selection process for one-way mission is not vigorous enough, Dutch organisers are naive and project is unlikely to happen. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/18/mars-one-astronaut-joseph-roche-says-dutch-venture-implausible 5 comments worldnews
- After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. Meet the 8 candidates that have been selected to be NASA's newest astronaut trainees http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html 29 comments space
- Ask an astronaut: Astronauts Chris Hadfield (soon to be first Canadian in command of the ISS), Roberta Bondar and Marc Garneau will answer selection of questions sent to the Globe & Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/final-shuttle-launch/your-turn-to-ask-an-astronaut/article2081144/ 3 comments space
- STS-125 astronaut Andrew Feustel selects his next tool to use while participating in the first of five scheduled spacewalks to perform final hands-on servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. [pic] http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/347491main_s125e007240_full.jpg 10 comments space
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