NASA astronaut candidates (from top left to bottom right) Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Nick Tyler Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. | NASA
New class of astronauts has been opened by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). And has been elected eight people, four of the eight are women. So with the election of women (50%) of the selected astronauts showed that between men and women is no longer a difference, at least in the world of NASA Astronauts.
On the Monday, June 17, 2013 the astronauts selected candidates have been announced in conjunction with the celebration of 30 years of flying U.S. astronauts first lady is Sally Ride. The election of eight prospective astronauts after competing and beating the other candidates are about 6,100 who have signed up.
The following are the names of four women selected to the astronaut class Aunapu Nicole Mann (35) who works as a Major and a Navy pilot F / A 18, as well as Anne McClain (34) as a Major in the U.S. Army and the OH-58 helicopter pilot, Jessica Meir (35) is an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Christina Hammock (34), Head of Station National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in American Samoa.
According to Charles Bolden from NASA said that the eight-person astronaut candidates will receive funding amounting to 64,000 U.S. dollars to 141,000 U.S. dollars to the cost of education.
The plan four women will also play an important role in realizing the dream of men could land on the asteroid is expected to be realized in 2020's and landed on Mars sometime in the 2030s. This is in accordance with the targets set by Barack Obama as President of the United States today.
According to Janet Kavandi is the director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center astronaut in Houston said that the women astronauts selected candidate is not for her gender but purely because of his qualifications. Kavandi also said that the NASA has never determine how many people each gender to be taken.But the selection process is based on the quality and capabilities of each prospective applicants. Kavandi said that eight people who elect the most qualified of the thousands of applicants who have been interviewed.
According to NASA data, had recorded 55 female astronaut who has flown into space. Six people fly with the Russian mission, the astronauts flew a woman with a mission of China, while 48 others fly with NASA. The first female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova was the fly in the mission Vostok 6, June 16, 1963. Is the first U.S. astronaut Sally Ride flew on mission STS-7, 17 to 24 June 1983. While Liu is China's first astronaut Yang, flying missions Shenzou 9 years ago.
Sources: AFP, Space, NASA www.htysite.com
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