STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As NASA prepares missions to the moon and Mars, the agency will accept applications next month for its next class of Artemis Generation astronauts.
Since the 1960s, NASA has selected 350 people to train as astronaut candidates for its challenging missions to explore space. With 48 astronauts in the active astronaut corps, more will be needed to crew spacecraft bound for multiple destinations and exploration as part of Artemis missions and beyond.
“We’re celebrating our 20th year of continuous presence aboard the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit this year, and we’re on the verge of sending the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “For the handful of highly talented women and men we will hire to join our diverse astronaut corps, it’s an incredible time in human spaceflight to be an astronaut."
It will accept applications for new astronauts from March 2 to 31.
The basic requirements to apply include being a United States citizen and having a master’s degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field, including engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science or mathematics from an accredited institution.
The requirement for a master’s degree can also be met by:
- Two years (36 semester hours or 54 quarter hours) of work toward a Ph.D. program in related science, technology, engineering or math field.
- A completed doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine degree.
- Completion (or current enrollment that will result in completion by June 2021) of a nationally recognized test pilot school program.
Candidates must also have at least two years of related, progressively responsible or professional experience, or at least 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft. Astronaut candidates must pass the NASA long-duration spaceflight physical.
You can apply to be an astronaut at www.usajobs.gov. As part of the application process, applicants will be required to take an online assessment that will require up to two hours to complete.
After completing training, the new astronauts could launch on American rockets and spacecraft developed for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to live and work aboard the International Space Station. They will take part in experiments that benefit life at home and prepare for more distant exploration.
As part of the application process, applicants will, for the first time, be required to take an online assessment that will require up to two hours to complete.
After completing training, the new astronauts could launch on American rockets and spacecraft developed for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to live and work aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth, where they will take part in experiments that benefit life at home and prepare us for more distant exploration.
They may also launch on NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, docking the spacecraft at the Gateway in lunar orbit before taking a new human landing system to the moon’s surface.
After returning humans to the moon by 2024, NASA plans to establish sustainable lunar exploration by 2028. Moon missions will help prepare NASA to send the first humans to Mars in the mid-2030s.
NASA said it expects to select the new class of astronaut candidates in mid-2021 to begin training as the next class of Artemis Generation astronauts.
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