NASA flooded with astronaut applications

MSNBC Friday 3rd February, 2012

NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymore, but that hasn't stopped Americans from lining up in droves for the chance to join the agency's iconic astronaut corps during the latest recruitment drive. The U.S. space agency received more than 6,300 applications between Nov. 15 and Jan. 27 during the

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