9/20/2023 0 Comments Nasa astronauts 2016![]() No woman has been to the Moon, but a number of non-human animals have circled or orbited it, including two tortoises and five mice.Īpollo missions 8 and 10– 17 were the nine crewed missions to the Moon. Apart from these 24 men, no human being has gone beyond low Earth orbit. Three men have been to the Moon twice, one orbited once and took a circumlunar trajectory the second time, while the other two landed once apiece. During six successful two-man landing missions, twelve men walked on the lunar surface, six of whom drove Lunar Roving Vehicles as part of the last three missions. Dean said that astronauts with flight experience would be highly involved in that selection process.As part of the Apollo program by NASA, 24 astronauts flew 9 missions to the Moon between December 1968 and December 1972. 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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