{"id":290185,"date":"2025-09-24T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=82c3fd5157ac853f4a7e8452a339bff4"},"modified":"2025-09-24T04:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:28:14","slug":"nasas-new-astronaut-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=290185","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s New Astronaut Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s 2025 astronaut candidate class<\/a> greets the crowd in this Sept. 22, 2025, image. The group was introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. The class now will complete nearly two years of training before becoming eligible for flight assignments supporting future science and exploration missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.<\/p>\n

After graduation, the 2025 class will join the agency\u2019s active astronaut corps. Active astronauts are conducting science research aboard the space station while preparing for the transition to commercial space stations and the next great leaps in human exploration at the Moon and Mars. The candidates\u2019 operational expertise, scientific knowledge, and technical backgrounds are essential to advancing NASA\u2019s deep space exploration goals and sustaining a long-term human presence beyond low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/James Blair<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s 2025 astronaut candidate class greets the crowd in this Sept. 22, 2025, image. The group was introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. The class now will complete nearly two years of training before becoming eligible for flight assignments supporting future science and exploration [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candidate-astronauts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t