NASA Astronaut Applications Set New Record

Credit: ISS: NASA
HOUSTON — Record numbers of U.S. men and women — just more than 18,300 — would like to pursue careers as NASA astronauts, according to a tally of applicants who made the Feb. 18 deadline to seek perhaps eight to 14 openings early next year. The online application process got underway Dec. 14., and...

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