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Two Johns Hopkins affiliates join NASA's astronaut class

Rebecca Lawler used to be a hurricane hunter, flying directly into storms to collect crucial data. Imelda Muller was an undersea medical officer, staying at dangerous depths in hyperbaric chambers for ...
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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...
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Out of this world opportunity: CU Boulder alum now training as NASA astronaut

A NASA astronaut candidate has ties to Colorado! Lieutenant Commander Erin "Loft" Overcash spoke with News5 about shooting for the stars. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A NASA astronaut candidate ...

A Brown University professor helped Apollo astronauts land on the moon. Now he’s helping Artemis return.

NASA asked James W. Head III to work with the 18 astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.
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Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA Astronauts in the Post-Space Shuttle Era

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...