Becoming an astronaut is no easy feat — NASA has revealed on its website all of the requirements that need to be met by someone before they have a shot at going to space.
What does an astronaut do?An astronaut’s role and responsibilities can range anywhere from crewing a spacecraft to working as a scientist on theNASA astronauts specifically do a lot of research and conduct hands-on experiments on the ISS — a space laboratory that orbits Earth.NASA has also long shared its ambitions to sendMore recently than that, though, the aeronautical agency is planning to send the first woman and next man to the moon by 2024.
On top of that, a potential candidate has to have at least two years of related professional experience after completing their degree, or “at least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time on jet aircraft,” the agency noted. On that note, a person must be extremely healthy and able to pass the NASA long-duration flight astronaut physical, which tests agility, body coordination, eye coordination, and vision.NASA astronauts must be a certain height and weight to qualify.To be a commander or pilot astronaut, you need to be 158cm to 190cm tall, and to be a mission specialist you need to be between 149cm to 193cm.
The chances of getting chosen are slim as the agency is inundated with tens of thousands of applications every year .
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