NASA’s new class of astronauts. Pictured from left are: Kayla Barron of NASA, Zena Cardman of NASA, Raja Chari of NASA, Matthew Dominick of NASA, Bob Hines of NASA, Warren Hoburg of NASA, Jonny Kim of NASA, Joshua Kutryk of CSA, Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, Loral O’Hara of NASA, Jessica Watkins of NASA, Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons of CSA, and Frank Rubio of NASA.
Credits: NASA
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts Friday, including Zena Cardman, a woman from Williamsburg.
The new graduates may be assigned to missions for the Moon, the International Space Station, and Mars.
During the ceremony, each astronaut received a silver pin, a tradition since the 1959 Mercury 7 astronauts.
As an astronaut, they will develop spacecraft, support those currently in space and have the honor to go into space, NASA says.
According to NASA, they will send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024 and by the 2030’s they will travel to Mars.
The graduates were selected for training in 2017 from a record-setting pool of more than 18,000 applicants, NASA says.
