NASA will announce the next group of astronaut candidates selected from more than 8,000 applications.

Coverage will be available on the agency's streaming app, NASA+ – also available on YouTube and the agency’s X account – as well as Amazon Prime.

NASA will announce the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars .

Only a dozen or so candidates are expected to be selected from a pool of more than 8,000 people who applied in 2024, according to the U.S. space agency. Their names will be announced during a Monday, Sept. 22, ceremony taking place in Texas.

If the candidates are able to complete a rigorous training program, they could one day join an exclusive group of just more than 40 active American astronauts – and 360 eve

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