NPJ microgravity
A demographic comparison of NASA astronauts and commercial spaceflight participants.
Katie J Hogan, Emmanuel Urquieta, Robert J Reynolds
Published: 202610.1038/s41526-025-00559-9
Abstract
The accelerated pace of commercial spaceflight is rapidly increasing the number of civilian spaceflight participants (SFP). In this study, SFPs were shown to be older with a broader age range than NASA astronauts, and have more diverse educational ba…
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