More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. After a thorough selection process, which includes interviews and medical examinations, nine to 15 people will be selected to become part of the 21st astronaut class.
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Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniversary of continuous residence and work aboard the station.
Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal … Read the rest of this article
An observing campaign is being carried out on M31_V1, the first variable star discovered in M31 by Edwin Hubble. Dr. John Grunsfeld, Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, plans to observe M31_V1 with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and needs to plan … Read the rest of this article
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