2013 Astronaut Class

Congrats! Astronaut Class 2013 completes training! 8 new astronauts ready for assignments.

NASA’s Newest Astronauts Complete Training As of July 7, eight new astronauts are ready to help advance scientific research aboard the International Space Station and pave the way for America’s new space launch capabilities and journey to Mars. The four women and four men moving from candidates to the corps were part of the 2013 astronaut cl…

Josh Cassada examines a rock specimen during earth science training in Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico

Half of the astronaut candidates are well into their space station systems classes, and that means mastering lots of schematics and technical diagrams. Here is Drew tracing through the power systems design.