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13 men and women are now astronauts

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They’re the first class of astronauts in the Artemis Generation

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After being selected from more than 18,000 applicants

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They are

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11 Americans

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2 Canadians

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6 women

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7 men

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8 with military backgrounds

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5 with academic backgrounds

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They represent the best of humanity and our most fervent hopes for the future. No pressure

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After more than 2 years of training to ...

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Walk in space

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Work with robotics

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Live and work aboard the International Space Station

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Fly in T-38 jets

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Speak other languages

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Folks used to tell kids when I was growing up, reach for the moon. But that's not the objective anymore

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Now we've got to revise it to reach for Mars

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And what I'm so excited going forward with Artemis is that when the next astronaut

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Lands on the moon, maybe one of these men and women, and by the way as the father of two daughters

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I could not be more excited that we will land a woman on the moon and bring her home safely

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And they're ready to go

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On American launches to the International Space Station