–Be able to successfully complete the NASA long-duration flight astronaut physical *The master’s degree requirement can also be met by: –Two years of work towards a doctoral program in a related science, technology, engineering, or math field –Completed Doctor of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine...
The new astronaut class has a large variety of vehicles to look forward to. Astronauts today use the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to reach the International Space Station, the main destination to test out long-duration spaceflight. In the coming years, however, NASA hopes to again move beyond low...
Victor Glover, 46, became a NASA astronaut in 2013. He flew as pilot of SpaceX's first operational crewed spaceflight (Crew-1) and logged 167 days on the ISS in 2021. Born in Pomona, California, he is an engineer and captain in the U.S. Navy. Glover was the first Black astronaut ...
Astronaut interview will be multiple stages:Pre-interview by phoneFormal interview with panelMultiple medical and psychological testsMany physical testsMore tests.Just keep going and find out your results. Hopefully, you will pass the interviews and examinations. If not, apply again; improve your resu...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough inserts a device called a science carrier into the Advanced Plant Habitat, which contains 48 Hatch chili pepper seeds NASA started growing on July 12, 2021. NASA The peppers will spend about four months growing before they can be...
an accelerated mission to put people back on the moon for the first time since the 1970s to train and prove technologies that would later be sent on a Mars mission. Scientists have eyed lunar water as a key resource for enabling long-duration astronaut missions on the moon, though its fo...
"The simulation will allow us to collect cognitive and physical performance data to give us more insight into the potential impacts of long-duration missions to Mars on crew health and performance," Grace Douglas, a member of the CHAPEA team, said prior to the project. "Ultimately, th...
Well, he didn’t have to wait that long, as last week, in a live stream with the ISS crew marking thestation’s 25th anniversary, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbelihad a big surprise to report: “Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home [in September], has been blamed for quite a ...
astronaut. Volume 1 seeks to address this comprehensive approach through screening, preventive healthcare strategies, medical care, launch and landing contingencies, and post-mission care, reconditioning, and long-term monitoring. NASA-STD-3001 Volume 1 contains 72 technical requirements as of Revision ...
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson holds a fistful of lettuce grown on the International Space Station as part of the Veggie experiment to test space crops in orbit.NASA TV A recent example of that is "Veggie" (NASA's Veg-01 experiment), which is supposed to test the feasibility of growing lettu...