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NASA announced its first new astronaut class in four years, selecting ten candidates from over 8,000 applicants.

Erin Overcash, a 34-year-old U.S. Navy lieutenant commander from Kentucky, is among the new astronaut candidates.

The selected candidates will undergo two years of intensive training before becoming eligible for space missions.

Future missions for these astronauts could include trips to the International Space Station, the moon under the Artemis program, and eventually Mars.

NASA announced the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars on Monday, Sept. 22, and one of the individuals selected is from Kentucky.

Erin Overcash, 34, of Goshen, is one of ten new astronaut candidates selected

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