The US agency NASA on Wednesday opened a call for hiring astronauts who could travel in future missions of commercial flights or in Orion capsule to explore deep space.
With the space program suspended since 2011, when it was retired space shuttle program, NASA seeks to increase his team, which currently consists of 47 astronauts , equivalent to one third of which was in 2000.
Just in 2017 is expected to a US ship engaged on a voyage. However, four veteran astronauts have already been selected for the first missions of the new ship Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, and SpaceX Dragon capsule.
“more equipment for future missions to the space station and deep space will be required,” NASA said in a statement.
NASA and private companies prepare for new missions to the International Space Station and to explore space, an asteroid and eventually Mars in 2030.
“With more ships to developing human United States, more than any other time in history, future astronauts will be sent into space again from the base of Florida “, in a commercial aircraft made in America,” and conduct exploration of deep space advance human missions to Mars, “said NASA
.” The next generation of astronauts could fly in any of the four US programs during their careers: the International Space Station, two manned ships that develop commercial private companies . “country and” the rover NASA Orion “
The NASA will start receiving applications on December 14 through mid-February through www.usajobs.gov page; and contracting will be announced in 2017.
Applicants must be US and have a degree in engineering, life sciences, physics or mathematics and three years professional experience or at least 1,000 hours flight as pilot jets. must also pass a long physical evidence from NASA.
More than 300 people have been hired as astronauts agency since 1959, when he was selected a first team seven people as part of Project Mercury, which sent men to orbit the planet.
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