Meet the U.S. astronaut candidate class of 2017! I had the pleasure of working with "as-cans" as we called them for many years at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. It was always fun to watch these guys (male and female) grow from trainees to full blown astronauts. One, if not several of these Americans could very well be the first humans to walk on Mars! Here are Americas newest space aviators:
Note the NASA T-38 training jet in the background
Pictured are, front row, left to right, Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Robb Kulin, Jessica Watkins, Loral O'Hara; back row, left to right, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, and Raja Chari.
I do miss being a part of the team every now and then! Good luck and godspeed class of 2017!
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Captain Chris