Eight new astronaut trainees will help NASA study an asteroid and Mars. NASA has eight space trainees who will train in space facilities and remote locations for missions to Mars, asteroids, and low-Earth orbit.
that will rise to $63 million by the year 2016. nasa s banking on private companies to enter into the ill four firms to develop new spacecraft for human flight. in the meantime, american crews are prepping to do things the cosmonaut way. new astronaut trainees are required top spend 400 hours brushing up on their russian if they want to become space astronauts. that s going to do it for me today. it s been an amazing morning to be a part of this and watch the successful launch of atlantis. i ll see you at 11:00 a.m. eastern time on monday. until then you can follow me on twitter. i want you to have a great weekend. don t go anywhere, richard lui is picking things up next right here on msnbc. take care. [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen.