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For The First Time Ever, Women Outnumber Men in Nasa’s Astronaut Class

NASA introduced its astronaut class to the world in September 2025, where women outnumbered men for the first time in the agency's history.

NASA astronaut class appears to be first without Black recruits in 40 years

But with that milestone apparently came another: the first astronaut class in 40 years without any Black candidates. The most recent class to not include any Black men or women was group 11 in 1985, ...

Women Outnumber Men Picked for Astronaut Class in NASA First

NASA’s next class of 10 astronaut candidates includes more women than men for the first time in the space agency’s more than 60-year history.