Dreaming of becoming an Astronaut?

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NASA's basic requirements are:

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1.   US citizen

2.   Bachelor's degree

3.  Three years of professional work experience (or 1,000 hours of pilot-in command time in jet aircraft)

4.    Pass NASA's astronaut physical examination

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There are two ways of entering the astronaut program, military and civilian.  

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Astronaut candidates must also have skills in leadership, teamwork, communications, and have a passion for learning.

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An advanced degree is helpful in engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences, computer 

science or mathematics and willing to learn to speak Russian.  

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Candidates must be healthy, have

distant and near vision correctable to 20/20 for each eye.  

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