NASA Astronaut Candidate Selection
NASA announces its 2025 astronaut class, chosen from over 8,000 applicants. The new candidates include Anna Menon, who previously flew on the Polaris Dawn mission. They will undergo nearly two years of training to become flight-eligible astronauts.











NASA
@@NASA
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LIVE: Meet our new class of astronaut candidates! Chosen from over 8,000 applicants, our 2025 candidates will go through nearly two years of training before they graduate as flight-eligible astronauts. Tune in for the reveal.

Gwynne Shotwell
@@Gwynne_Shotwell
10h
Congratulations to all of the new @NASA astronaut candidates!! I'm excited for all of you to explore the cosmos on the way to making life multiplanetary! And a special shout-out to Anna and Yuri - we are beyond proud of our SpaceX family!!


Polaris
@@PolarisProgram
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Congratulations to Anna Menon on being selected as a member of the 2025 NASA astronaut class! https:// nasa.gov/people/nasa-as tronaut-candidate-anna-menon/ …



Jared Isaacman
@@rookisaacman
11h
Congrats to the new class of @NASA astronaut candidates--especially @annawmenon one of the most amazing people I know. A former NASA biomedical engineer, @SpaceX Mission Director, one of two women astronauts to have already flown farther in to space than anyone before, a rockstar


John Kraus
@@johnkrausphotos
12h
CONGRATS ANNA! Anna Menon has been announced as a member of the newest NASA astronaut class! She flew to orbit on board the Polaris Dawn mission last year, and now joins the NASA family for two years of astronaut training.



NASA's Johnson Space Center
@@NASA_Johnson
12h
Say hello to Anna Menon, one of @NASA ’s newly announced 2025 astronaut candidates. Meet the future explorers of low Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Get to know them: https:// go.nasa.gov/46fgpJm


Toby Li
@@tobyliiiiiiiiii
12h
Wow. For the first time, a new selected NASA astronaut candidate has already flown to orbit. Anna Menon, a former SpaceX engineer who flew on the Polaris Dawn mission, was selected to be one of the next Moon walkers as one of the newest NASA astronauts. Congrats Anna! #SERASpace


Everyday Astronaut
@@Erdayastronaut
12h
HOLY CRAP! Polaris Dawn Astronaut, Anna Menon, has been selected as a NASA Astronaut Candidate! I think she's the first person to have already flown that's a NASA astronaut candidate... right?!

