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NASA introduces its newest astronauts: 10 chosen from more than 8,000 applicants
['Associated Press']
News – San Diego Union-Tribune
By MARCIA DUNN, Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.
He also stressed that the U.S. will win this second race to land astronauts on the moon.
“You are America’s best and brightest, and we’re going to need America’s best and brightest because we have a bold exploration plan for the future,” Duffy said at Monday’s ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Only 370 people have been selected by NASA as astronauts, making it an extraordinarily small and elite group composed mostly of men.
She’ll be in good company at Johnson: Her husband, a former SpaceX flight surgeon, was chosen in NASA’s last astronaut class.
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