16 December,2015 06:23 AM IST | | Agencies
For a three-month period, the space agency is accepting applications for its next class of space-travellers
Tim Peake begins a mission of more than 170 days at the orbiting research outpost. pic/pti
Washington: Looking for an out-of-the-world job opportunity? NASA is now accepting applications for next class of astronauts who may some day fly to the ISS or even land on Mars.
The astronaut candidate application website will be accepting submissions through February 18, 2016.
NASA expects to announce final candidate selections in mid-2017.
Those chosen candidates may fly on any of four different US spacecraft during their careers - the International Space Station (ISS), two commercial crew spacecraft currently in development by US companies, and NASA's Orion deep-space exploration vehicle.
Eligibility criteria
>> US citizenship
>> Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science or mathematics
>> At least 3 years of related, professional experience or at least 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft.
>> Astronaut candidates must also pass the NASA's long-duration astronaut physical test
