Space agency reaching out for astronauts
This may be the best want ad I’ve ever seen. The Canadian Space Agency is seeking astronauts, and you can begin the application process online. That is, if you’re Canadian and fulfill several other requirements.
Long-duration missions aboard the ISS (International Space Station) generally last from three to six months. Training for long-duration missions is very arduous and takes two to three years. This follows basic training of about one year. This training requires extensive travelling, and includes assimilation of the ISS assembly sequence and its on-orbit operations. Travel to and from the ISS will be by Space Shuttle until its retirement in 2010. Following the Shuttle retirement, all trips to and from the ISS will be aboard the Russian Soyuz vehicle. Consequently, astronauts must meet the Soyuz size requirements, as indicated below.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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