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Legend / Definitions for
Astronaut "Status"
Career NASA astronauts
are
those individuals selected by NASA to be members of the NASA astronaut
corps. Individuals in this category make up the Space Shuttle crew
positions, such as commander, pilot, or mission specialist, or
International Space Station crew positions, such as commander or flight
engineer. They are further divided into four categories as follows:
Active astronauts
Management astronauts
Former astronauts
International astronauts
Payload Specialist
Astronauts A special
category of astronauts typically titled payload specialist refers
to individuals selected and trained by commercial or research
organizations for flights of a specific payload on a space flight
mission. At the present time, these payload specialists may be
cosmonauts or astronauts designated by the international partners,
individuals selected by the research community, or a company or
consortia flying a commercial payload aboard the spacecraft.
Astronaut
Candidates (ASCAN) The
term astronaut candidate refers to individuals who have been
selected by NASA as candidates for the NASA astronaut corps and are
currently undergoing a candidacy training program at the Johnson Space
Center.
NOTE: All MIT Astronaut information is obtained from
the following NASA websites:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/
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