NASA conducts a recruitment examination on the Moon, 1 against 1,300

For the first time in four years, NASA organized a new round of astronauts missions, aimed at bringing Americans back to the Moon by 2024.

According to the Washington Post (USA), NASA's application form has been officially opened and is receiving a lot of attention. The deadline for applicants to apply is until March 31.

This is the first time in 4 years that NASA has recruited astronauts - (Image: NASA).

According to NASA, the level of competition this time is certainly fierce because in the last recruitment, the agency only took 14 astronauts but received 18,300 applications, which means candidates must "1 vs 1,307".

In January 2020, 11 people in this course graduated.

According to CBS (USA), to be on the selection list, candidates must have US citizenship, have one of the masters degrees in mathematics, science or technology, engineering and have 2 years of experience.

Astronauts graduated from a NASA training course in early 2020 - (Image: NASA).

Applicants with a doctorate in medicine, or a pilot with at least 1,000 flight hours in a jet flight are also allowed.

"We are waiting for talented male and female candidates of different backgrounds to come to us in a new era of discovery, starting with the Artemis program to the Moon," said Jim Bridenstine, director of NASA. If you've dreamed of becoming an astronaut, apply now. "

In particular, during the Artemis mission, NASA said it would make history when the first female astronaut landed on the Moon. Therefore, female candidates are focused in this recruitment round.

NASA's vision of sending people to the Moon in 2024 - (Photo: NASA)

The results of the preliminary round are expected to be announced by NASA in the middle of 2021. Next, the successful candidates will have to participate in NASA's two-year rigorous training program.

There candidates are fully equipped with skills in operating spacecraft, operating in zero gravity environment, skills in using robots and using Russian.

The Artemis program is one of the key missions set out by NASA in the 2020s, which will bring Americans back to the Moon by 2024. Further, NASA also plans to send humans down for the first time. Mars in the mid-2030s.

According to NASA, since the 1960s, the agency has recruited 350 people for astronaut training. Currently, there are 48 astronauts directly operating for space missions on spacecraft.

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