NASA Administrator Talks Training, Future Missions with Newest Astronaut Class

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NASA?s newest class of astronaut trainees joined agency Administrator Jim Bridenstine Sept. 27 at NASA headquarters, to talk about their experiences in the training program, hopes for future missions, and more, in a live episode of ?Watch This Space?.

Astronaut candidates Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raja Chari, Loral O’ Hara and Jessica Watkins were joined by Canadian Space Agency astronaut candidates Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons. The first U.S. astronauts, the ?Original Seven,? were selected in 1959. Since then, NASA has selected 21 more groups of astronauts. This latest class, announced on June 7, 2017, includes a physician, biologist, geologist, military pilots and engineers.

Once their training is complete, they may be assigned to any of a variety of missions, including: performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by U.S. commercial companies, and departing for deep space missions on NASA?s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.

Learn more about the 2017 astronaut candidate class at: https://www.nasa.gov/2017astronauts.

This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library:https://images.nasa.gov/details-NASA%20Administrator%20Talks%20Training,%20Future%20Missions%20with%20Newest%20Astronaut%20Class.html

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