Nasa astronauts 20169/21/2023 ![]() Kelly collected body samples looking for microbes that could potentially cause infections or allergies and stowed them in a science freezer for analysis. The crew also continued more vision checks and explored heart health.Ĭommander Scott Kelly, British astronaut Time Peake and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko each participated in a different experiment looking at the immune system of space residents. The Expedition 46 crew members participated in immunology research today helping scientists learn to keep astronauts healthy on longer and farther space missions. Dean said that astronauts with flight experience would be highly involved in that selection process.The Red Sea and the Nile River at right were photographed from the International Space Station. Once they’re assigned to a mission, they will go through another round of training on their specific assignment.” – Brandi Dean, NASA Public Affairsįor their service, whether in space or on the ground, astronauts get paid a government salary that can range from $66,000 to $144,500 per year, depending on their academic achievements and experience.īetween now and September, the 18,300 applicants will be reviewed by a NASA panel and narrowed down to 400-600 “Highly Qualified” candidates. ![]() In the meantime they’re given technical duties within the astronaut office. At the end of the process the candidates are considered to be astronauts and are eligible to be assigned to a mission. “Astronaut candidate training lasts for about 2 years. Unfortunately, some astronauts never get selected to fly on a mission.ĭean said that one astronaut in the 2009 astronaut class flew as early as 2013, but many in that same class have yet to be selected to fly. First, there’s a couple of years of astronaut candidate training, followed by potentially several more years of waiting to get selected to fly. Getting selected to fly on a NASA mission, however, takes several years. NASA’s Orion spacecraft / Image courtesy of NASAīrandi Dean from the Public Affairs office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center told TechCrunch that the next astronaut class will have a chance to fly on one of 3 vehicles: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, or NASA’s Orion capsule.ĭragon or CST-100 would be used to take astronauts on missions to the International Space Station, while Orion would involve a deep space mission to an asteroid, the moon, or Mars. The agency also has one of the most followed accounts on Twitter with nearly 15 million followers worldwide. Social media influencers are frequently invited to cover launches at private NASA media events. NASA’s also made a more concerted effort of publicizing their missions. Thanks to highly visible companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, the average person is much more aware of what’s happening in the space industry. Visibility of NASA and space exploration has also seemed to increase in popularity in recent years. The recent call for applications may have greatly benefited from this rise, since many of those recent graduates (during years with the most STEM degrees) weren’t yet eligible for NASA’s 2012 application round. The National Science Foundation reported that the number of bachelor degrees awarded in engineering and natural sciences (degrees that make one eligible to be an astronaut) grew steadily from 241,000 in 2000 to 355,000 in 2012. ![]() Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX / Image courtesy of Getty Images
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