http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/astronaut-hopefuls-apply-in-record-numbers/ http://b985.fm/astronaut-hopefuls-apply-in-record-numbers/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:48:09 +0000 Randy McCoy http://b985.fm/?p=46148 This spring NASA plans to announce their latest class of astronauts. 9 to 15 candidates will be chosen for training to begin in August of this year. The space agency received more than 6,300 applications for a space program that doesn’t have a shuttle program anymore.

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