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So, You Want To Be An Astronaut

Monday May 24, 2004
Many of us dreamed of becoming a NASA astronaut when we were young. Some of us never got over that astronaut dream. When John Glenn rode the shuttle for NASA in 1998 at the age of 77, that flight breathed new hope into many would-be astronauts.

So, how do you become an astronaut? Let's discover the NASA astronaut employment path, together.

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