Chinoita Kuti Basa Remauto Rirege Kudiwa asi Rinogona Kubatsira
Maererano neNASA ya 2009 Astronaut Fact Book (NP-2013-04-003-JSC), kune vanhu 44 658 vakashanda kuti vave nyanzvi. Kubva padziva iroro, vanhu 330 chete ndivo vakagamuchirwa munhepfenyuro yevadzidzi vedzinza (48 vakadzi nevarume 282), uye vanopfuura 200 vakashandira muUnited States mauto ehondo.
Bhuku reAstronaut Fact Book rakazogadziriswa muna 2013.
Mapazi Emauto Anomirira muNASA
Davi rimwe nerimwe rebasa-kusanganisira US Coast Guard-rakange rine mumiririri muzvikwata zve astronaut. NASA inonyora urongwa hwevaimbova vazivi uye vanogadzirisa matanho mairi.
Bhuku reAstronaut Fact Book rine runyorwa nehurumende yekubatana (uye nehurumende yekuzvarwa, iyo yaiva maScouts, uye nhamba dzeEVA dzevana veUnited States, pakati pezvimwe zvinyorwa). Ndainakidzwa nokutamba nemanhamba. Maererano nebhuku rechokwadi ra2009, matavi eAmasimba akambomirirwa sezvizvi:
- United States Air Force - 81
- United States Army - 15
- United States Coast Guard - 2
- United States Navy - 84
- United States Marine Corps - 23
Vamwe vevadzidzi vesimba vave, kana kuti vachiri, mazita emhuri, akadai saNeil Armstrong (murume wokutanga kufamba pamwedzi), Buzz Aldrin (akaedzwa Apollo 11 uye akaendesa Armstrong kumwedzi) naJohn Glenn (wokutanga weAmerica ku orbit Earth), somuenzaniso.
Nhoroondo dzeMasvingo Astronauts uye NASA
Pakutanga, vafambisi vekutanga vakauya kubva kuhondo nokuti NASA yaida vanhu vakanga vaine ruzivo rwekutsvaga uye avo vaiva nechido chokutarisana nemamiriro ezvinhu ane ngozi. Nokuda kwekutiza kwekutanga kweNASA, matavi ehondo akakumbira kupa mutsara wevashandi vanoongorora mauto avo vaizokodzera Project Mercury.
Pashure pokunyatsoongorora, NASA yakazivisa kusarudzwa kwayo kwe "Mercury Seven" sevadzidzi vayo vokutanga. Nhengo dzeMercury Seven Astronauts dzaiva:
- Scott Carpenter - US Navy
- Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. - US Air Force
- John Herschel Glenn, Jr. - US Marine Corps
- Virgil I. Grissom - US Air Force
- Walter M. Schirra - US Navy
- Alan B. Shepard, Jr. - US Navy
- Deke Slayton - US Air Force
Astronaut Candidate Program
Kana achida kuva muchengeti, vashandi vekuita basa veuto vanofanira kuisa mvumo yeAstronaut Candidate Program kuburikidza nehutano hwavo.
Mushure mokunge uchitarisa kuongorora kwemauto, nhamba shomanana yekukumbira inotumirwa kuNASA kuti iwedzere kuongororwa. Kana vakasarudzwa, varwi vanonyatsotsanangurira NASA kwenguva yakasarudzwa uye vanoramba vari mubasa rinoshingaira rekubhadhara, kubatsirwa, kuenda uye nezvimwe nyaya dzine chokuita nehondo.
NASA Inotarisa Vadzidzi
Kunyange zvazvo post-baccalaureate digrii yakasarudzwa, NASA inoda vana vesayendisiti vane chidimbu chechikoro-kunyanya chinonyanya kuisa paunyanzvi, sayenzi yezvinyorwa, sayenzi yemasikirwo kana mathematics.
NASA haina kutarisa kutsva-kutarisana nevadzidzi. Vanotarisira inyanzvi vanofanira kunge vane "makore matatu ekubatana, zvishoma nezvishoma, vane ruzivo ruzivo" (Astronaut Selection uye Kudzidziswa, PDF).
Dhigirii yechipinda inogona kutora gore rimwe chete rechirevo ichi, uye chiremba chinogona kutora makore matatu ezvinyorwa. Vatyairi vemapurisa nevatungamiriri vanodikanwawo maawa ane chiuru chechiitiko semutyairi-mu-murairo.
NASA inosarudza vatendi vanobva kune zvakasiyana-siyana zvevafambisi vane mhando dzakasiyana-siyana. Kubva kuzviuru zvezvikumbiro zvakagamuchirwa, vashomanana chete ndivo vakasarudzwa nokuda kwechirongwa chikuru cheAstronaut Candidate program.