NASA
will start accepting applications for its next class of astronaut
candidates in November. The last class of nine astronauts graduated in
2009. NASA expects the upcoming class to graduate in 2013. To be
considered, you’ll need a bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or
math – plus three years of relevant, post-university work experience.
Graduate degrees are a plus and can be substituted for time spent
working in the real world. It would also help to have extensive
experience flying high-performance jets. Applicants will be selected
from both the civilian world and the military. There is no specific age
limit and applicants need to have distance vision that is correctable to
20/20 and a resting blood pressure that does not exceed 140/90.
Eligible candidates will also have to be between 5-foot-2 and 6-foot-3.
To learn more about astronaut training – or to apply for the class –
visit astronauts.nasa.gov.
