О космонавтах и астронавтах

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

первый прошел. Бен Бейли

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Лорен Эдгар женщина

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Вирджиния Адам - мужик?

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Кэмерон Джонс и Юри Кубо

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Ребекка Лоуэр - женщина

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

знакомая и летавшая в космос Анна Менон

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Всего 6 женщин и 4 мужчины

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

негров нет. один азиат(японец?)

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

У азиата виски седые.

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Летавша в космос зачислена в набор впервые. Кретьен был зачислен в отряд НСАВНЕ набор и как то мутно.

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негров нет. один азиат(японец?)

нужно вводить сколько имевших опыт работы в SpaceX

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Получается самом молодым - 34 год, самой возрастной - 43 года

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Имельда Мюллер - немка по происхождению? Н вид да :-)

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Адам Фурманн вроде тоже немецкого происхождения?

[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

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. The class now will complete nearly two years of training before becoming eligible for flight assignments supporting future science and exploration missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy welcomed the all-American 2025 astronaut candidate class during a ceremony at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

"I'm honored to welcome the next generation of American explorers to our agency! More than 8,000 people applied – scientists, pilots, engineers, dreamers from every corner of this nation. The 10 men and women sitting here today embody the truth that in America, regardless of where you start, there is no limit to what a determined dreamer can achieve – even going to space," said Duffy. "Together, we'll unlock the Golden Age of exploration."

The agency's 24th astronaut class reported for duty at NASA Johnson in mid-September and immediately began their training. Their curriculum includes instruction and skills development for complex operations aboard the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and beyond. Specifically, training includes robotics, land and water survival, geology, foreign language, space medicine and physiology, and more, while also conducting simulated spacewalks and flying high-performance jets.

After graduation, the 2025 class will join the agency's active astronaut corps. Active astronauts are conducting science research aboard the space station while preparing for the transition to commercial space stations and the next great leaps in human exploration at the Moon and Mars. The candidates' operational expertise, scientific knowledge, and technical backgrounds are essential to advancing NASA's deep space exploration goals and sustaining a long-term human presence beyond low Earth orbit.

The 2025 astronaut candidates are:

Ben Bailey, 38, chief warrant officer 3, U.S. Army, was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and is completing a master's in systems engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Bailey is a U.S. Naval Test Pilot School graduate with more than 2,000 flight hours in more than 30 different rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. At the time of his selection, Bailey was responsible for the developmental testing of emerging technologies aboard Army rotary wing aircraft, specializing in the UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook.

Lauren Edgar, 40, considers Sammamish, Washington, her hometown. She earned a bachelor's degree in Earth sciences from Dartmouth College, and her master's and doctorate in geology from the California Institute of Technology. Edgar has served as the deputy principal investigator for the Artemis III Geology Team. In this role, she helped define lunar science goals, geology activities NASA astronauts will conduct, and science operations for NASA's return to the Moon. She also spent more than 17 years supporting Mars exploration rovers. She was working at the U.S. Geological Survey at the time of her selection.

Adam Fuhrmann, 35, major, U.S. Air Force, is from Leesburg, Virginia, and has accumulated more than 2,100 flight hours in 27 aircraft, including the F-16 and F-35. He holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and master's degrees in flight test engineering and systems engineering from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and Purdue University, respectively. He has deployed in support of Operations Freedom's Sentinel and Resolute Support, logging 400 combat hours. At the time of his selection, Fuhrmann served as the director of operations for an Air Force flight test unit.

Cameron Jones, 35, major, U.S. Air Force, is a native of Savanna, Illinois. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California and the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. He's an experienced test pilot with more than 1,600 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft, including 150 combat hours. The majority of his flight time is in the F-22 Raptor. At the time of his selection, Jones was an Air Force Academic Fellow at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Yuri Kubo, 40, is a native of Columbus, Indiana. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University. He spent 12 years working across various teams at SpaceX, including as launch director for Falcon 9 rocket launches, director of avionics for the Starshield program, and director of Ground Segment. Earlier in his career, Kubo was a co-op student at NASA Johnson, where he completed multiple tours supporting the Orion spacecraft, the International Space Station, and the Space Shuttle Program. At the time of his selection, Kubo was the senior vice president of Engineering at Electric Hydrogen.

Rebecca Lawler, 38, is a native of Little Elm, Texas, and a former lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. She is a former Navy P-3 pilot and experimental test pilot with more than 2,800 flight hours in more than 45 aircraft. Lawler holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the National Test Pilot School. She also is a U.S. Naval Test Pilot School graduate. Lawler also flew as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane hunter and during NASA's Operation IceBridge. She was a test pilot for United Airlines at the time of selection.

Anna Menon, 39, is from Houston and earned her bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University with a double major in mathematics and Spanish. She also holds a master's in biomedical engineering from Duke University. Menon previously worked in the Mission Control Center at NASA Johnson, supporting medical hardware and software aboard the International Space Station. In 2024, Menon flew to space as a mission specialist and medical officer aboard SpaceX's Polaris Dawn. The mission saw a new female altitude record, the first commercial spacewalk, and the completion of approximately 40 research experiments. At the time of her selection, Menon was a senior engineer at SpaceX.

Imelda Muller, 34, considers Copake Falls, New York, her hometown. She formerly was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and served as an undersea medical officer after training at the Naval Undersea Medical Institute. Muller earned a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience from Northeastern University and a medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Her experience includes providing medical support during Navy operational diving training at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. At the time of her selection, Muller was completing a residency in anesthesia at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Erin Overcash, 34, lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy, is from Goshen, Kentucky. She holds a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and a master's in bioastronautics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. A U.S. Naval Test Pilot School graduate, Overcash is an experienced F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot with multiple deployments. She has logged more than 1,300 flight hours in 20 aircraft, including 249 carrier arrested landings. Overcash was part of the Navy's World Class Athlete Program and trained full-time at the Olympic Training Center with the USA Rugby Women's National Team. She was training for a squadron department head tour at the time of selection.

Katherine Spies, 43, is a native of San Diego and holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California and a master's in design engineering from Harvard University. She is a former Marine Corps AH-1 attack helicopter pilot and experimental test pilot, with more than 2,000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, she served as UH-1Y/AH-1Z project officer and AH-1W platform coordinator during her time on active duty. At the time of her selection, Spies was the director of flight test engineering at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.

With the addition of these 10 individuals, NASA now has recruited 370 astronaut candidates since selecting the original Mercury Seven in 1959.

"Today, our mission propels us even further as we prepare for our next giant leap with NASA's newest astronaut candidate class," said Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA Johnson. "Representing America's best and brightest, this astronaut candidate class will usher in the Golden Age of innovation and exploration as we push toward the Moon and Mars."

The astronaut candidates will be available to speak with media virtually and in-person on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Media interested in this limited opportunity should contact the NASA Johnson Newsroom at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation policy is available online.

Find photos and additional information about the new astronaut candidates at:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts

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[Алексей Георгиевич Белозерский]

Биографии астронавтов набора 2025г. на сайте НАС:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/astronaut-candidates/

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https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-moon-mars-4d3e98e9ebaeb214f8c992c954b045da
Впервые в группе астронавтов НАСА женщин оказалось больше, чем мужчин.

[zandr]

https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-new-astronaut-class/

NASA selects new astronaut class
^{by Jeff FoustSeptember 22, 2025}

^{The 10 members of the Group 24 NASA astronaut class will spend the next two years training before being eligible for flight assignments. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel}

текст

WASHINGTON — NASA announced its newest class of astronauts Sept. 22 as agency leaders and lawmakers emphasized their intent to return humans to the moon before China.
At a ceremony at Johnson Space Center, NASA introduced the 10 members of the newest astronaut class, formally known as Group 24. The class includes scientists, engineers and pilots, with experience ranging from flying military aircraft in combat to working on the Curiosity Mars rover.
Group 24 stands out in several respects. The six women and four men represent NASA's first astronaut class with more women than men.
It also includes the first astronaut candidate with prior orbital spaceflight experience. Anna Menon, a SpaceX senior engineer, flew on the Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission a year ago on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The only other NASA astronaut candidate with prior spaceflight experience was Joe Engle, an X-15 pilot who briefly flew above the 50-mile (80.5-kilometer) altitude the U.S. government recognizes as the boundary of space before joining the astronaut corps.
NASA selected the 10 candidates from a pool of 8,000 applicants. "This selection was challenging, competitive and very difficult," said Norm Knight, director of flight operations at Johnson. "But what we have for you here today is a group of individuals who are not only exceptional but who will be inspirational for the United States of America and for our planet."
Among the new astronauts is Lauren Edgar, a planetary scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey. She worked on the Mars Exploration Rovers and Curiosity Mars rover and was part of a team of scientists setting science goals for Artemis 3.
In an interview with SpaceNews after the event, Edgar said she had wanted to be an astronaut since seeing a shuttle launch in second grade. "That's what set me on this path to becoming a planetary scientist," she said. "This dream of becoming an astronaut has always been there, but I didn't realize that it was possible until very recently."
She applied to the previous two astronaut classes and, while not selected, served as a geology instructor for their training. "I've worked with some of these folks, and it is wonderful to now be here and be a part of the crew office with them."
Edgar now moves from setting Artemis science goals to potentially carrying them out. "I'm excited to, in some ways, continue to work with all of those colleagues, but just in a new role that I have now," she said. "So same end goal, just a different approach."
She added that she had no specific preference for the kind of mission she would like to fly once training is complete. "I think this is just a really, really exciting time to be coming on board."
Beating China to the moon
Edgar and the other astronaut candidates will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for flight assignments. Those could include some of the last missions to the International Space Station and the first to the station's commercial successors, as well as Artemis missions to the moon.
Officials used the ceremony to stress that Artemis remains on track to return astronauts to the moon before China, which has said it plans to land crews there by the end of the decade. Artemis 3, the first crewed lunar landing mission, is scheduled for mid-2027.
Some former NASA officials, including former Administrator Jim Bridenstine, have cast doubt on that schedule, citing delays with the lunar lander version of SpaceX's Starship. "It is highly unlikely that we will land on the moon before China," Bridenstine told the Senate Commerce Committee on Sept. 3.
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel raised similar concerns at a Sept. 19 meeting. The schedule for Starship's development "is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 moon landing," said Paul Hill, a panel member, after visiting SpaceX's Starbase site and meeting with company executives.
Sean Duffy, NASA's acting administrator, pushed back on those doubts.
"Some are challenging our leadership in space, say, like the Chinese," he said. "I'll be damned if the Chinese beat NASA, or beat America, back to the moon. We're going to win."
Duffy did not directly address recent criticism of Artemis, but his comments echoed remarks he made at an internal town hall Sept. 4, the day after Bridenstine's testimony.
Leaders of two congressional committees made similar vows at the event. "We will go back to the moon. We will beat the Chinese to the moon," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee.
"NASA's work is more important than ever. It is national security, folks. We must be on that lunar surface first," said Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, chair of the House Science Committee. "This is important. We cannot fail there."
Duffy added that the new class may not stop at the moon. "One of these 10 could actually be one of the first Americans to put their boots on the Mars surface."

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[Анатолий Егоров]

Летавша в космос зачислена в набор впервые. Кретьен был зачислен в отряд НСАВНЕ набор и как то мутно.

Вот интересно, серебряный значок НАСА у неё будет или сразу золотой?

[AB57]

Летавша в космос зачислена в набор впервые. Кретьен был зачислен в отряд НСАВНЕ набор и как то мутно.

Энгл по классификации ВВС летал в космос (причем трижды) на момент зачисления в группу 1966 года. Не орбитальный полёт, конечно, но всё же. И, кстати, интересно - ВВС-овские "крылышки" у него уже были, а вот когда ему дали золотые насовские?