NASA Picks 13 New Astronauts
Thirteen new astronauts, including the youngest ever selected, were named today to the U.S. space corps, swelling the ranks to a record 103 as NASA prepares for a launch schedule of two missions per month.
The new group of five civilians and eight military officers consists of six pilot astronauts and seven mission specialists. The oldest is Marine Maj. Robert Cabana, 36, of Lexington Park, Md. The youngest is Tamara Jernigan, 25, an astronomer at the Ames Research Center in California. She was born in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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