New Astronauts Announced

December 4, 2025

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NASA has introduced 10 new astronauts who may one day travel to the Moon or even Mars.

The group, chosen from more than 8,000 applicants across the United States, was revealed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. They will begin two years of training to prepare for future space missions starting in 2025.

The new astronauts include six women and four men. Among them are test pilots, scientists and engineers. Some already have space experience, like one engineer who joined a SpaceX flight and took part in the first private spacewalk. Another is a geologist who worked on the Curiosity rover mission to Mars.

This is NASA’s 24th astronaut class since the first group was announced in 1959. That first group, known as the Mercury Seven, were all military test pilots.

Over the next two years, the candidates will learn important skills such as spacewalking, operating spacecraft, and how to stay healthy and safe in space.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said he was proud to welcome the new group. He called them “dreamers from every corner of this nation” and praised their determination to reach for the stars.

Article written by Milli Banbury

This article was written using AI as an assistive tool for research and writing.

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On Saturday morning, a group of Year 8 students met at a beach near Tauranga for a community clean-up. They brought gloves, sacks, and water bottles. At first, the sand looked almost clean, but as the group moved closer to the rocks, they found bottles, food wrappers, and fishing line tangled in the seaweed. One student noticed that small pieces of plastic were hardest to collect because they blended in with the shells. By midday, the students had filled eight large bags. Their teacher said the real success was not only the rubbish they removed, but also the way the students helped protect the wildlife that lives along the shore.

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The students found that small pieces of plastic were hardest to collect because they blended in with the shells. By midday, the students had filled eight large bags with rubbish. A group of students cleaned up a beach and helped protect the wildlife there. The students brought gloves, sacks, and water bottles to the beach.