During his speech at the Johnson Space Center, the Vice President said the current administration is committed to giving NASA the resources and support it needs to make history. Watkins has worked at NASA's Ames Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory and now is a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, where she collaborates on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity.
There are 12 new astronaut candidates in the United States, and one of them is a Nittany Lion.
- Bob Hines of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a NASA research pilot at Johnson Space Center.
"We will be trained in spacewalking skills, robotics, ISS systems, flight training, and Russian language over the next two years", O'Hara said in a Reddit AMA.
After training, they will be promoted to full astronauts and are given the chance to perform research on the International Space Station and go on space flight missions, which may include expeditions beyond just the moon and into deep space on NASA's Orion spacecraft.
The 12 selected Wednesday will join 44 astronauts already in the NASA corps.
NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts, including a Purdue University alumna, from its biggest pool of applicants ever.
Cosby's accuser stands by her story under cross-examination
Andrea Constand arrives Wednesday to the Montgomery County Courthouse for the third day of testimony in the Bill Cosby trial . Cosby, after listening to Constand testify for almost four hours, struck a light-hearted note as he left the courthouse.
The vice president noted that he'll be chairing a National Space Council to advise the president on space policy. "And to this newest class of astronauts, it's my honor to bring the honest congratulations of the 45th President of the United States of America, President Donald Trump". And he mentioned that NASA would continue to collaborate with the commercial space industry in the future.
She graduated from Bruton High School in Williamsburg and has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.
The other candidates are Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Air Force Lt. Col. Raja Chari, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Some members of the class of 2009 have yet to launch.
"I'm especially interested in life that lives in oddball environments on Earth, the extremophiles", Cardman said after learning she was an astronaut finalist.
Robb Kulin of Anchorage, Alaska, a mechanical engineer and SpaceX launch chief engineer.
This is NASA's 22nd group of astronauts. He looks forward to the challenges at NASA and believes in human scientific potential. To get picked, people have to meet some physical requirements as well as certain education and experience criteria - such as having a bachelor's degree in a STEM field or accumulating up to 1,000 hours of piloting jets.
Comments