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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates pose with spaceport leaders who briefed them on operations to prepare the Orion spacecraft for Exploration Flight Test EFT-1. Plans call for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. From the left are associate center director Kelvin Manning, Tyler Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Josh Cassada, Victor Glover and center director Bob Cabana. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http:__www.nasa.gov_astronauts_2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

Date: 2014-03-03
Photographer / author: NASA_Kim Shiflett
Collection: KSC
Archive: NASA Image and Video Library
Type: photograph