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What it’s really like to become a NASA astronaut: 10 surprising facts few people know

NASA astronaut requirements: Thousands of Americans apply to be NASA astronaut each year, but only a handful will make it. Behind the excitement of launch photos and spacewalks is a long, uncertain ...
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Who is Victor Glover? 3 awesome facts about former D1 athlete turned NASA astronaut

Here are three facts about NASA astronaut Victor Glover, who's set to be the first person of color to travel to the vicinity of the Moon. NASA astronaut Victor Glover poses for a portrait in September ...
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Here’s how many astronauts have gone to space and the moon

The Artemis capsule is expected to splashdown on Friday. Saturday, April 12, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event ...
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From Pomona to the moon: NASA astronaut Victor Glover pilots Artemis II

No kid from Pomona has ever gone so far. “Pushing ourselves to explore is just core to who we are,” Victor Glover said in an April 2023 NASA video. “It’s part of being a human. We want to know what’s ...
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Who is Victor Glover? 3 awesome facts about former D1 athlete turned NASA astronaut

NASA astronaut Victor Glover is set to accomplish a historic feat. As the pilot of the Artemis II mission of SpaceX, Glover will be conducting a lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. If he succeeds in this ...