The 2013 group is NASA's 21st astronaut class. soil on commercial American spacecraft since the retirement of the space shuttle.
For the official source of information about the 2013 class, please visit our homepage at http://www.nasa.gov/2013astroclass. Eight candidates have been selected to be NASA's newest astronaut trainees, hoping to be among those who are the first to launch from U.S.
07/09/2015
Congrats! Astronaut Class 2013 completes training! 8 new astronauts ready for assignments.
NASA’s Newest Astronauts Complete Training As of July 7, eight new astronauts are ready to help advance scientific research aboard the International Space Station and pave the way for America’s new space launch capabilities and journey to Mars. The four women and four men moving from candidates to the corps were part of the 2013 astronaut cl…
11/05/2014
Astronaut candidates Anne McClain and Josh Cassada take measurements of the Earth’s gravitational field during earth science training in New Mexico
11/05/2014
Drew Morgan sketches his geologic map during earth science training in the Rio Grande gorge, New Mexico
11/05/2014
Josh Cassada examines a rock specimen during earth science training in Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
11/05/2014
The Astronaut Candidate class of 2013 during earth science training in the Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
07/29/2014
Ascan Christina M. Hammock inside the Soyuz Descent Module where the three crew members sit for launch and re-entry.
07/29/2014
Ascan Tyler N. (Nick) Hague inside the Soyuz receiving briefings on its systems and the operations for all phases of flight as well.
07/29/2014
The Ascans went into the Soyuz for the first time this week! Tyler N. (Nick) Hague, and above him is the hatch to the Orbital Module.
07/11/2014
Drew Morgan practices replacing a multiplexer/demultiplexer, space station computer.
07/11/2014
Drew Morgan and get hands-on training to remove and replace a space station audio terminal unit.
04/25/2014
Half of the astronaut candidates are well into their space station systems classes, and that means mastering lots of schematics and technical diagrams. Here is Drew tracing through the power systems design.