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NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States| NASA Watch
NASA has selected 10 new astronaut candidates, including one whose hometown is Houston, for its 2025 training class. The candidates will undergo nearly two years of training before they can assume flight assignments. The 10 future astronauts were introduced during a recent ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, whose facilities include an astronaut training center. NASA received more than 8,000 applications for the 10 slots. “Representing America’s best and brightest, this astronaut c...| InnovationMap
Lauren Edgar thought she had missed out on becoming an astronaut again. Earlier this year, friends at the Johnson Space Center gave Edgar, a planetary scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey who had applied to be an astronaut, a heads-up: NASA would be calling the people selected for the latest astronaut class that day. But […] The post NASA’s newest astronauts will have to be willing to wait appeared first on SpaceNews.| SpaceNews
Keith’s note: NASA OIG just released this report: “NASA’s Management of ISS Extravehicular Activity Spacesuits“. In a nutshell: “To ensure the continued operations of the International Space Station and the safety of the crew, NASA and its spacesuit support contractor must ensure the suits used for spacewalks, designed more than 50 years ago, are well-maintained and reliable. The contractor, Collins Aerospace, has struggled to ensure sufficient life support components for […] The ...| Astronauts Archives - NASA Watch
NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States| NASA Watch
Once upon a time NASA PAO would have talked about increasing diversity| NASA Watch
Keith’s Update: DoD confirmed that ERBS reentered at 11:04 pm EST on Sunday over the Bering Sea. Keith’s original note: ERBS was launched from Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-41-G mission by astronaut Sally Ride. If you have have a chance to see the IMAX film “The Dream Is Alive” then you can the actual ERBS deployment. And yes, the narrator is Walter Cronkite. More The post A Satellite Deployed By Sally Ride Will Re-enter Soon (Update) appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: according to NASA PAO: “NASA leaders recently viewed footage of an underwater dive off the East coast of Florida, and they confirm it depicts an artifact from the space shuttle Challenger. The artifact was discovered by a TV documentary crew seeking the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft. Divers noticed a large humanmade object covered partially by sand on the seafloor. The proximity to the Florida Space […] The post Challenger Wreckage Discovered appeared first on NA...| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: On this date 28 January 1986 the crew on board Space Shuttle Challenger, itself named after a fabled ship of learning and exploration, left Earth on a trip above the sky. And that trip ended in the sky. But their mission continues at challenger.org Ad Astra Challenger STS 51-L Accident The post Challenger appeared first on NASA Watch.| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Back in January 2025 several days after the Trump 2.0 team took over NASA, I posted this item about the first astronaut class chosen by NASA that included women and minorities. 24 hours after I posted this the link was taken down. This is what it looked like 2 days before the NASA DEIA cops took it down. 9 months later and it is still down. Why? Oddly, […] The post Prior Astronaut Announcement Censorship At NASA appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
NASA pushes out narratives (issued from the White House) about winning the "second space race" to the Moon.| NASA Watch
NASA and Google are working together to a Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant that utilizes AI to provide medical care in space.| TechAcute
I was just on CNN on HBOMax talking about Jim Lovel| NASA Watch
Keith’s Update: I will been CNN at 6:37 pm EDT to talk about Jim Lovell. Keith’s note: I met Jim Lovell a bunch of times. He was such a nice guy. One time we were both on MSNBC and the moderator asked us about the whole ‘spending money in space – problems on Earth’ thing. I said “Hey Jim – did you ever see a 7-11 or a gas station […] The post Jim Lovell appeared first on NASA Watch.| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
The Fresh Toast - Space is the final frontier and the race is on to Mars. The good news is cannabis can help returning astronauts.| The Fresh Toast
The plans to return Suni and Butch were made in the middle of 2024 - well before the election| NASA Watch
this just came out of my head as a stream of inter-related events.| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: as we resume lunar exploration and then head out to Mars and beyond in search of life, we will need a different mix of skills in the humans that we send out on these long terms expeditions to distant, alien places. Dale Andersen is a prototype of those future explorers. This is what he has been up to – And here’s news about the award: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen […] The post Astrobiologist Gets Prestigious Explorers Club Award appeared first on NASA Watch.| Astronauts Archives - NASA Watch
To its credit NASA (often with NIH) has looked at physiology factors that differentially affect female vs male astronauts.| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: I give up. When female space youtubers like Eliana Sheriff @esherifftv go out of their way to mock a mission with women going into space – comparing them to chimpanzees – why should the rest of us even bother trying to knock down all the space misogyny. Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-B_ISPE3mc The post Female Space Youtuber Engages Misogyny Mode appeared first on NASA Watch.| Astronauts Archives - NASA Watch
Science agency funding is under heavy scrutiny by DOGE, OMB, OPM and other Administration offices| NASA Watch
Apparently the crew of the Blue Origin NS-31 suborbital flight had a great time today.| NASA Watch
The Iceland Space agency is now featuring them and will soon have links to both documents.| NASA Watch
in 2021 NASA issued the first of two interactive comic books/graphic novels] depicting young women dreaming of - and then training for - a future that would comprise the so-called "Artemis Generation."| NASA Watch
there has been a swarm of stories of late about NASA abandoning the whole "first woman and first person of color" tag line| NASA Watch
