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A number of people applied to be of NASA's astronaut program. NASA received over 18,300 for 14 jobs. This is a record. NASA's human resources will now spend 18 looking at and selecting the people. It will announce the successful applicants in the of 2017. Brian Kelly of NASA said: "It's [great] to know so many people recognize what a great this is to be part of NASA's exciting mission. I look forward to meeting the men and women enough to rise to the top."

There is a great to work on America's space program. NASA's Charlie Bolden said: "So many Americans from backgrounds want to contribute to blazing the trail on our journey to Mars." The top applicants will have an in Houston, Texas. The chosen will then get two years of . They will learn things such as , teamwork and operating systems. They will also learn Russian. After that, they could go to the International Space or work for companies making spacecraft for , such as SpaceX.

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