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NASA training off San Diego coast for next stage of Artemis mission to the moon

Off the San Diego coast, a team from NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting critical astronaut recovery drills in preparation for the space agency’s first attempt in 50 years to transport humans to the ...
Newsweek

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Visits ‘Most Lunar-Like’ Place on Earth For Training

To prepare for NASA's first journey to the moon in over half a century, the crew of the Artemis II spent the summer training in Earth's most moon-like environment. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor ...
Yahoo

Photo shows underwater NASA training center, not International Space Station | Fact check

The Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station is pictured this year as the orbital outpost soared 261 miles above the north Atlantic Ocean. The claim: Photo shows International Space ...
Mashable

Eerie NASA photo shows intense training for dark moon missions

When NASA astronauts next visit the moon, it'll be a dark and shadowy expedition. The space agency's renewed moon ambitions, a mission called Artemis, aim to bring astronauts back to our well-cratered ...
Ars Technica

For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon

The four astronauts assigned to soar beyond the far side of the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission settled into their seats inside a drab classroom last month at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It ...
7News Miami

NASA astronaut candidate from Miami graduates after 2 years of training

MIAMI (WSVN) - One of Miami’s very own is among the select group of men and women who graduated from NASA astronaut training. Dr. Francisco “Frank” Rubio, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, spent the ...
Digital Trends

NASA’s moon astronauts are ready to start training

Training is about to get underway for the first lunar-bound crewed mission in 50 years. NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, together with Canadian Space Agency astronaut ...

I worked at SpaceX training astronauts for NASA missions. My lesson plans helped launch its first crewed mission.

Ex-SpaceX employee Laura Crabtree worked under Elon Musk for 11 years, training crew for space. She tested out the trainings for herself, she said.
Astronomy

NASA is taking astronaut applications. Here’s how to apply

NASA is accepting applications for astronaut positions until April 16, 2024, with a highly competitive selection process; past application cycles have yielded acceptance rates below 0.1%. Applicants ...
Nextgov

NASA celebrates winners of second MarsXR virtual reality astronaut training competition

Most of the winning scenarios enabled players to be scored like in a video game based on their crew’s effectiveness in completing each challenge. NASA has revealed the winners of the second MarsXR ...
FedScoop

New free software offerings from NASA include VR for training and more

While your organization might not be planning a moonshot any time soon, you can bring a little NASA tech in-house anyway. The space agency recently released the 2019-20 edition of its software catalog ...