"Every flight is almost a test flight … you're going out into the unknown." New NASA astronaut candidate Ben Bailey thinks that his 2,000 flight hours here on Earth might come in handy during a moon ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WSET) — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration introduced its new candidates on Monday, and a University of Virginia graduate made the cut. 38-year-old Ben Bailey was ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - NASA announced Monday, September 22, that Charlottesville-native Ben Bailey is one of 10 astronaut candidates. Born and raised in Charlottesville, Bailey attended the ...

HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joseph “Ben” Bailey was officially announced as a member of NASA’s newest astronaut candidate class during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center on ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — From foxholes to flying helicopters in combat, and even to floating labs in space, when the U.S. Army needs unmatched expertise and leadership, it turns to its warrant ...

NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025. The 10 candidates, pictured here at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, U.S. Air Force Maj.

NASA's 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. They are U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones, Katherine Spies, Anna ...

HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be among the first people to set foot on Mars. The cadre — the 24th astronaut class in NASA's history, and the ...

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and perhaps one day to the moon and Mars. By Kenneth Chang ...

NASA on Monday introduced 10 new astronauts, four men and six women selected from more than 8,000 applicants, to begin training for future flights to the International Space Station, the moon and, ...

NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates who will train for missions to the Moon and Mars. Their selection represents a powerful blend of talent and ambition, fueling humanity’s next great leaps ...

NASA named 10 new astronaut candidates for its 24th class of astronauts Monday, including one person who has already been to space. Anna Menon, 39, a SpaceX engineer from Houston, was one of the four ...