NASA Kicks Off Application Process For New Astronauts

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Nov. 14, 2011

Michael Curie 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
michael.curie@xxxxxxxx 

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters      
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
281-483-5111 
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-234

NASA KICKS OFF APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEW ASTRONAUTS

WASHINGTON -- News media representatives are invited to attend a 
public announcement of NASA's process for selecting its next class of 
astronauts. The event starts at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in 
the Webb auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA 
Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. 

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Assistant Administrator for 
Human Capital Jeri Buchholz, Flight Crew Operations Director Janet 
Kavandi and five members of the recently graduated 2009 astronaut 
class will participate in the announcement. They are Serena Aunon, 
Kjell Lindgren, Kathleen Rubins, Scott Tingle and Mark Vande Hei. 

NASA will recruit its next astronaut class through the federal 
government's USAJobs.gov website. 

The class of 2009 was the first astronaut class to graduate in a new 
era of space flight following the final mission of the space shuttle. 
A new fleet of human spacecraft is in development by commercial 
companies to deliver crews to the International Space Station. NASA 
also is developing spacecraft to send humans on missions of 
exploration far away from our planet. 

These new astronauts will advance research aboard the space station to 
benefit life on Earth and develop the knowledge and skills needed for 
longer flights to explore the solar system. 

For biographical information and other astronaut information, visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts 

For more information about the International Space Station, visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov/station 

For more information about NASA's next generation of spacecraft, 
visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration 

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, 
visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv   

	
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