NASA received more than 12,000 applications to be an astronaut. Only 10 were selected.
The candidates, who will be assigned to missions ranging from science-heavy investigations on the International Space Station to trips to the moon as part of the Artemis program, are:A Colorado native serving as a major in the Air Force, Ayers is a fighter pilot with 200 combat hours and 1,150 hours of flight time.
said she is one of the few women flying the F-22 Raptor. Also an Air Force major and pilot, Berríos has flown 110 combat missions, 1,300 hours and 21 different aircraft during his career. He grew up in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.A decorated track cyclist for the U.S. National Team, Birch studied biochemistry and molecular biophysics before earning a doctorate in biological engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
. With several advanced engineering degrees ranging from mechanical to naval to computer engineering, Douglas served in the Coast Guard as an officer and oversaw damage control. He later joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, where he worked on robotics and and planetary defense missions for
. He considers Virginia home.Hathaway, a Navy commander from Connecticut, studied physics and history before flying missions from aircraft carriers. He has accumulated more than 2,500 flight hours in 30 aircraft, 500 carrier landings and 39 combat missions.The Minneapolis native is an Air Force reserve lieutenant colonel and was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, where he helped launch the company's first crewed mission in May 2020.
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