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The Johnson Space Center welcomed 12 new astronauts – 10 Americans and two from the United Arab Emirates – after the class completed a two-year training program through NASA.
These astronauts will be assigned missions to the International Space Station and future commercial space stations, and will also focus on missions to the moon in preparation for Mars.
Luke Delaney, a retired United States Marine Corps major from DeBary, Florida, said graduating from the program was a dream – for some, a dream that was decades in the making.
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When putting on his spacesuit, Delaney said he felt like he made it.
“The first time you put that on, and you’re getting in the water, it’s impressive. You just feel like you’ve made it in some ways,” he shared.
The class, which was made up of scientists, doctors, engineers and researchers,was chosen two years ago from over 12,000 …
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