The 2025 astronaut class is NASA’s first with more women than men, but another statistic is just as striking — more than 8,000 applications, down from 18,300 for the 2017 class
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The astronaut pipeline that once inspired millions may be quietly shrinking, even as NASA celebrates its most gender-balanced class yet. The post The 2025 astronaut class is NASA’s first with more women than men, but another statistic is just as striking — more than 8,000 applications, down from 18,300 for the 2017 class appeared first on Space Daily .
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