NASA has announced its latest class of astronaut candidates, and there is a Husky among them.
In a room packed with astronauts, politicians and press at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA welcomed 10 new astronaut candidates, including Imelda Muller, a Northeastern University class of 2013 graduate.
Selected out of more than 8,000 applicants, Muller, a 34-year-old anesthesiologist from Copake Falls, New York, and the other candidates will spend the next two years training to become an active astronaut. With an expertise in bioastronautics, or space medicine, Muller’s skillset sits at the intersection of space exploration and critical medical care.
“The future of space medicine is now,” she said during NASA’s press conference. She hopes to push the field –– and NASA –– into new frontiers.
“Right now we’re looking at an age of exploration, and when we’re seeking to do things like go back to the moon and utilize the lessons that we learn there to go to Mars, we have a lot of opportunities to learn and to grow and to innovate,” Muller told NGN. “In that era we just have a lot of opportunity to learn lessons that maybe haven’t been taught in the past.”
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