NASA最新的宇航员
The most recent astronaut candidates wave to the crowd in this image from their March 5, 2024, graduation ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Nicknamed “The Flies,” this cohort is now eligible for spaceflight assignments to the International Space Station, future orbiting destinations, the Moon, and beyond.
Selected for training in 2021, the astronaut graduates were chosen from a pool of more than 12,000 applicants and successfully completed more than two years of required basic training, including spacewalking, robotics, space station systems, and more.
The graduating NASA astronauts are Nichole Ayers of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Marcos Berríos of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Chris Birch of Gilbert, Arizona; Deniz Bunham of Wasilla, Alaska; Luke Delaney of Debary, Florida; Andre Douglas of Chesapeake, Virginia; Jack Hathaway of South Windsor, Connecticut; Anil Menon of Minneapolis; Chris Williams of Potomac, Maryland, and Jessica Wittner of Clovis, California. UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronauts Mohammad AlMulla and Nora AlMatrooshi trained alongside the NASA astronaut candidates for the past two years and took part in the graduation ceremony.
Applications to become a NASA astronaut are now open.
Image Credit: NASA
2024年3月5日，在休斯顿NASA约翰逊航天中心举行的毕业典礼上，最新的宇航员候选人向人群挥手。绰号“苍蝇”的这群人现在有资格执行国际空间站、未来轨道目的地、月球和其他地方的太空飞行任务。
这批宇航员毕业生是从12,000多名申请人中挑选出来参加2021年培训的，并成功完成了两年多的基本训练，包括太空行走、机器人技术、空间站系统等。
即将毕业的NASAA宇航员包括科罗拉多州科罗拉多泉市的尼科尔·艾尔斯、波多黎各瓜伊纳沃的马科斯·贝里奥斯、亚利桑那州吉尔伯特的克里斯·伯奇、阿拉斯加州瓦西拉的丹尼斯·邦汉姆、佛罗里达州德巴里的卢克·德莱尼、弗吉尼亚州切萨皮克的安德烈·道格拉斯、康涅狄格州南温莎的杰克·哈撒韦、明尼阿波利斯的阿尼尔·梅农、马里兰州波托马克的克里斯·威廉姆斯和加利福尼亚州克洛维斯的杰西卡·维特纳。阿联酋（阿拉伯联合酋长国）宇航员穆罕默德·阿尔穆拉和诺拉·阿尔马图什在过去两年中与NASA宇航员候选人一起接受训练，并参加了毕业典礼。
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