“These are 12 men and women whose personal excellence and whose personal courage will carry our nation to even greater heights of discovery and who I know will inspire our children and our grandchildren every bit as much as your forebears have done so in this storied American program,” said Vice President Pence. Location: Ellington Field – Hangar 276, Tarmac. 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate – Jasmin Moghbeli. flag that was flown to and from the orbiting laboratory this winter. He also was presented with a model of the International Space Station and a framed U.S. While at Johnson, the vice president toured the International Space Station mission control center, and the historic mission control center, which was used during early NASA spaceflights, including the first moon landing mission, Apollo 11. Vice President Mike Pence joined NASA leaders Wednesday as they introduced the members of the 2017 astronaut class during an event at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Rising to the top of more than 18,300 applicants, NASA chose 12 women and men as the agency’s new astronaut candidates. Photographer: Robert MarkowitzĪfter receiving a record-breaking number of applications to join an exciting future of space exploration, NASA has selected its largest astronaut class since 2000. NASA released the following press release about the new class of astronaut candidates, and three of them are women engineers.
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