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Among all the medical texts, rigorous background checks, qualifications requirements, and essay questions, the eight new astronauts recently chosen by NASA were also asked to write poetry.
Kenneth Chang, The New York Times
Published: 10 Dec 2020 04:22 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Dec 2020 04:22 PM BdST
NASA on Wednesday introduced the group of astronauts it has chosen for upcoming missions to the moon. );
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The program, called Artemis, aims to send people back to the moon for the first time since the end of NASA’s Apollo program in 1972.
“This is the first cadre of our Artemis astronauts,” Jim Bridenstine, the NASA administrator, said during a meeting of the National Space Council at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “I want to be clear, there’s going to be more.”
The astronauts are Joseph M. Acaba, Kayla J. Barron, Raja Chari, Matthew S. Dominick, Victor J. Glover, Warren Hoburg, Jonathan Kim, Christina H. Koch, Kjell N. Lindgren, Nicole A. Mann, Anne C. McClain, Jessica U. Meir, Jasmin Moghbeli, Kathleen Rubins, Francisco C. Rubio, Scott D. Tingle, Jessica A. Watkins and Stephanie D. Wilson.