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NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates are already making history. The 2025 class includes the first person to join the astronaut corps who has previously flown to orbit. It’s also the first class in history to include more women than men. To top things off, one of them could be the first to set foot on the Red Planet.
After training in in space travel, space walks and space experiments, the four men and six women will could go on trips to the Moon, and even to Mars.
NASA revealed the members of its 2025 astronaut class, the 24th group in the agency's history — some of whom may be among the first people to set foot on Mars.
NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee group.