More than 12,000 people applied for the coveted spots. The 10 selected include combat and test pilots, a medical physicist, a drilling specialist, a maritime roboticist, a NASA-turned-SpaceX flight surgeon and bioengineer who was a champion cyclist.
NASA selected 10 new astronauts Monday — half of them military pilots — as it looks to the moon and Mars.
More than 12,000 people applied for the coveted spots. The 10 selected are in their 30s and 40s and face two years of training before becoming eligible for spaceflight.
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