5 Female Astronaut Candidates to Graduate in 2020, as NASA Plans to Land ‘First Woman on the Moon’ by 2024

5 Female Astronaut Candidates to Graduate in 2020, as NASA Plans to Land ‘First Woman on the Moon’ by 2024
NASA | Robert Markowitz
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On June 7, 2017, NASA announced their latest cohort of 12 astronaut candidates. In January 2020, 11 of them will graduate at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Of those 11, five are women.