Astronaut Corps Downsizing

NASA has picked a new class of astronauts—four men and four women—as it pares its corps of government space travelers to meet the reduced requirements of operating the International Space Station and perhaps beginning to reach out beyond low Earth orbit. The agency intends to employ 45-55 astronauts...

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