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Houston, we have a teacher: Mid-Michigan educator returns from NASA training program

Dee Smith of Ashley Community Schools recently participated in NASA’s Liftoff program.
CU Boulder News & Events

Smead Aerospace graduate a NASA astronaut candidate

An alumna of the University of Colorado Boulder and a Kentucky native, Overcash was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates from over 8,000 applications received for their Astronaut Class of 2025.

Inside NASA’s astronaut training for a historic moon mission

In just days, a group of astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — is slated to fly roughly 5,000 miles past the far side of the moon, the farthest humans have ever traveled in space.
SpaceNews

NASA ‘ExploraVan’ Brings Astronaut Training to Students, Educators, Science Centers and Museums

To highlight its commitment to inspiring the next generation of explorers, NASA introduces the ExploraVan. Through NASA’s Educator Astronaut Program, special one-day events at selected science centers ...
WRAL

Duke grad is a candidate to become NASA astronaut

A Duke University graduate is an astronaut candidate with NASA. Anna Menon has previously been on a mission with Space X, and now she's in the middle of a two-year training program to prepare her for ...
Business Wire

Amentum Wins NASA’S COSMOS Contract to Advance Spaceflight Mission Operations

Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and technology solutions, has been awarded NASA’s Consolidated ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NASA intros full-size Blue Moon lander replica for Artemis training

The mockup will help astronauts simulate missions and provide design feedback for the Artemis program. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk's SpaceX are both developing lunar landers for ...