NASA Astronaut Corps

Division of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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2024 NASA announced a change in astronaut candidate compensation, shifting from the General Schedule (GS) pay scale to an Administratively Determined (AD) pay scale.
2021 NASA selected Group 23, 'The Flies', continuing the tradition of annual or near-annual astronaut recruitment and corps expansion.
2021 NASA selects its most recent class of Astronaut Candidates for training at Johnson Space Center.
August 2018 Robb Kulin resigns from NASA Astronaut Candidate program for unspecified personal reasons.
2013 Group 21, 'The 8-Balls', was selected with the highest percentage of female candidates, featuring four male and four female astronauts.

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See Also

Johnson Space Center

NASA field center for human spaceflight

Project Mercury

Initial American crewed spaceflight program

Nichole Ayers

Air force pilot and NASA astronaut