NASA Selects KBR For Commercial Astronaut Training

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide trains in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near Johnson Space Center.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—KBR, Inc. will train commercial astronauts selected for missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and perhaps other destinations under a nonexclusive NASA Reimbursable Space Act Agreement. The agreement is part of a strategy to expand private sector influence in low Earth orbit to...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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