Grup 22 Astronaut NASA: Perbedaan antara revisi

[[Badan Penerbangan dan Antariksa Amerika Serikat|NASA]] mengumumkan pembentukan grup astronaut ini pada November 2015 dan menerima lamaran sejak Desember 2015 hingga Februari 2016. Jumlah lamaran yang masuk lebih dari 18.300 lamaran.12 kandidat yang terpilih diumumkan secara terbuka pada 7 Juni 2017.<ref name="2017class">{{Cite web|last=NASA|date=7 June 2017|title=NASA's Newest Astronaut Recruits to Conduct Research off the Earth, For the Earth and Deep Space Missions|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-newest-astronaut-recruits-to-conduct-research-off-the-earth-for-the-earth-and|publisher=NASA|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-date=2022-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221125720/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-newest-astronaut-recruits-to-conduct-research-off-the-earth-for-the-earth-and/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Mereka diperkenalkan dalam sebuah konferensi pers di [[Johnson Space Center]] oleh wakil presiden Amerika Serikat, [[Mike Pence]].

Kandidat astronaut dari grup 22 tiba di [[Pusat Antariksa Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson Space Center]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], untuk memulai pelatihan mereka pada Agustus 2017. Ketika masa pelatihan mereka yang berlangsung sekitar dua tahun telah selesai pada Januari 2020, mereka dapat berpartisipasi dalam misi luar angkasa yang akan datang.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grush|first=Loren|date=10 January 2020|title=NASA's newest astronaut class, the Turtles, become eligible for space missions|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/10/21060014/nasa-astronaut-class-turtles-artemis-generation-graduation|website=The Verge|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=2022-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221125941/https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/10/21060014/nasa-astronaut-class-turtles-artemis-generation-graduation|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Grup ini dinamai The Turtles karena kedatangan mereka di [[Johnson Space Center]] yang bertepatan dengan terjadinya banjir di Houston yang disebabkan oleh [[hurikan Harvey]] pada Agustus 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title='Turtles' on a really high post: NASA's new astronauts get their nickname {{!}} collectSPACE|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091817a-turtles-astronaut-class-nickname.html|website=collectSPACE.com|access-date=2019-10-04|archive-date=2023-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608021235/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091817a-turtles-astronaut-class-nickname.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Nama tersebut diberikan oleh grup astronaut sebelumnya, The 8-Balls, sesuai dengan tradisi [[NASA]].

* [[Kayla Barron]] (lahir pada 1987): mayor laut., [[Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Active Duty Promotions to the Permanent Grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commande|url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2337523/active-duty-promotions-to-the-permanent-grades-of-captain-commander-lieutenant/|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2022-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045347/https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2337523/active-duty-promotions-to-the-permanent-grades-of-captain-commander-lieutenant/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* [[Matthew Dominick]] (lahir pada 1981): komandan., [[Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Active Duty Promotions to the Permanent Grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commande|url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2337523/active-duty-promotions-to-the-permanent-grades-of-captain-commander-lieutenant/|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2022-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045347/https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2337523/active-duty-promotions-to-the-permanent-grades-of-captain-commander-lieutenant/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* [[Francisco Rubio (antariksawan)|Francisco Rubio]] (lahir pada 1975): mayor., dokter [[Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat]]

** Misi: SpaceX Crew-4<ref>{{Cite web|last=Potter|first=Sean|title=NASA Assigns Astronaut Jessica Watkins to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-assigns-astronaut-jessica-watkins-to-nasa-s-spacex-crew-4-mission/|date=17 November 2021|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-date=2023-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526061744/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-assigns-astronaut-jessica-watkins-to-nasa-s-spacex-crew-4-mission/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* [[Jenni Sidey-Gibbons]] (lahir pada 1988): insinyur mekanik, ahli ''combustion'', dan dosen<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-16|title=2017 Astronaut Candidates Available for Interviews Before Training|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/2017-astronaut-candidates-available-for-interviews-before-training|publisher=NASA|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506143802/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/2017-astronaut-candidates-available-for-interviews-before-training/|dead-url=no}}</ref>