May 2021

Got an email two weeks ago from NASA that said all the Highly Qualified applicants have had their references checked (none of mine were). Confirmation that I am out of the running for the new class of astronaut candidates, as expected. 12,000 applicants gets reduced to 400 Highly Qualified applicants. They then pick 120 of …

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I think it’s over. From what I’ve recently gathered from a few sources, of the 12,000+ applicants, the “highly qualified” candidates were separated and their references contacted sometime this past fall. Interviewees (about 120 of them of the 12,000) are then determined from this small group. These folks are now getting called for interviews. Not …

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