NASA astronauts opened job: Salary to $ 145,000, moving to Houston mandatory

Today NASA start принимать applications for open positions astronauts. According to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says (Charles Bolden) selected candidates will have the opportunity to take part in the Mars program, so that & quot; ... leave traces of their shoes on the red planet & quot ;. All interested are invited to visit the site USA Jobs and leave your resume before 18 February. The decision on hiring will be made in mid-2017.

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It presented several candidates in advance of requirements. Future astronauts need to be a citizen of the United States of America, and have at least a bachelor's degree in engineering, biology, physics or mathematics and a three-year experience. More serious academic degree is welcome. Applications may also be fed pilots of jet aircraft with at least 1,000 hours of flight time.

In addition, candidates must meet certain physical requirements of NASA, which will be clarified in the course of special tests. Remuneration astronauts will range from $ 66,000 to $ 145,000, while a prerequisite for candidates is moving to Houston. Work will have on the International Space Station, to which flights will carry two commercial spacecraft, as well as on the type of ship the Orion, which the agency plans to use to fly to Mars.

It should be noted that the level of requirements for candidates is very high. In 2013, when the previous set of astronauts in NASA, more than 6,000 applications, of which only 8 people were selected as a result was obtained was announced.

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