May 6 2004
From The Space Library
NASA announced the selection of 11 individuals for the astronaut class of 2004 ~ the first astronaut trainees since 2000. In June 2004, the new class would begin training at NASA's JSC as educator astronauts, engineers, pilots, and scientists, eventually working on NASA's next-generation space vehicle and other projects. The trainees for the class of 2004 included Joseph M. Acaba, Richard R. Arnold II, Randolph J. Bresnik, Christopher J. Cassidy, James P. Dutton Jr., José M. Hernández, Robert S. Kimbrough, Thomas H. Marshburn, Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Robert L. Satcher Jr., and Shannon Walker. (NASA, “NASA Introduces the Next Generation of Explorers,” news release 04-152, 6 May 2004; Patty Reinert, “11 Space Hopefuls Get NASA's Good News,” Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2004.
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