NASA選拔8名航天員 半數是女性大綱

The US space agency announced the appointment of eight new astronauts on Monday, and a record half of NASA's first astronaut class since 2009 are women.

The astronauts will earn between $64,000 and $141,000 per year, and will be part of the team that lays the groundwork for NASA missions to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said.

"This new class will be among those who have the opportunity to plan and carry out these exciting missions," said Bolden in a video message on the NASA website.

The eight were chosen from the second largest pool of applications ever received -- over 6,100 -- NASA said.

Among them are Nicole Aunapu Mann, 35, a Marine Corps major and F/A 18 pilot; and Anne McClain, 34, a major in the US Army and OH-58 helicopter pilot.

The others are Jessica Meir, 35, an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Christina Hammock, 34, who is National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Station Chief in American Samoa.

The male astronaut candidates are former naval aviator Josh Cassada, 39; Navy lieutenant commander and F/A 18 pilot Victor Glover, 37; Tyler Hague, 37, a US Air Force colonel working to tackle improvised explosive devices; and Andrew Morgan, 37, an army major and physician of emergency medicine.

The last class announced in 2009 included three women. The group of astronauts named in 1998 also included four women, but out of a larger hired group of 25.據法新社6月18日報道，美國航天局（NASA）17日宣佈選出8名新航天員，其中4人爲女性。

美國航天局局長查爾斯·博爾登稱，這些航天員的年薪將在6.4萬美元到14.1萬美元之間，他們將參與NASA本世紀20年代登陸小行星和本世紀30年代登陸火星的準備工作。

“這批新航天員將有機會參與策劃和執行這些激動人心的任務。”博爾登在NASA網站的視頻中說道。

NASA稱，這8人是從6100多人中遴選而出的。

四名女航天員分別是：35歲的海軍陸戰隊少校、F/A 18戰鬥機飛行員妮科爾·奧納普·曼恩；34歲的美國陸軍少校、OH-58直升機飛行員安妮·麥克萊恩；35歲的哈佛醫學院麻醉學助理教授傑茜卡·邁爾；34歲的美國國家海洋與大氣管理局美屬薩摩亞站站長克里斯蒂娜·哈莫克。

四名男航天員分別是：39歲的前海軍飛行員喬希·卡薩迪；37歲的海軍少校、F/A 18飛行員維克托·格羅弗；37歲的美國空軍上校泰勒·阿格，主要處理簡易爆炸裝置；37歲的陸軍少校安德魯·摩根，是一名急診醫師。

上一批航天員產生於2009年，有3名女性入選。1998年航天員團隊也有4名女性，但當時被錄取的人數共計25人。