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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lt Col Raja Grinder Chari
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Kalpana Chawla
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Ravish Malhotra
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Rakesh Sharma
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Detailed explanation-1: -NASA’s Astronaut Selection Board reviews the applications (a record-breaking 18, 300 applications in 2016) and assesses each candidate’s qualifications. The board then invites a small group of the most highly qualified candidates for interviews at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Minimum Qualifications to Become an Astronaut Be a U.S. citizen. Have two years of related work experience (or 1, 000 hours pilot-in-command time on a jet aircraft) Pass the NASA flight astronaut physical. Possess a master’s degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The seven-member Expedition 67 crew with (top from left) astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Matthias Maurer, and Kayla Barron; and (bottom from left) cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev, and Denis Matveev.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mercury astronauts, the “Original Seven.” On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class. Front row, left to right: Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Gordon Cooper.