NASA picks 10 astronaut recruits to train for missions to Moon, Mars

NASA has announced the selection of its 10 new astronaut candidates, six men and four women chosen from over 12,000 people who applied to the agency in March of 2020. The astronauts are part of NASA's 'Artemis Generation', a reference to its Artemis programme for Moon. They will train for missions to the ISS, the Moon and "eventually onto Mars".