Today (2015 December 14), NASA is now
accepting applications for the position of Astronaut. Successful applicants could fly on any
one, or more, of four spacecraft: International Space Station, one or
two commercial crew spacecraft in development, and NASA's Orion deep-space
exploration vehicle.
Pittsburgh native James Irwin was one of 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April of 1966. He became the 8th man to land on the Moon on 1971 July 29. Now, a search ...