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• Clark, Stephen. "Help wanted: Apply to be a NASA astronaut online." Spaceflight Now. Nov. 15, 2011. (Nov. 18, 2011) http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/15astronauts/
• Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations, National Research Council. "Preparing for the High Frontier: The Role and Training of NASA." The National Academies Press. 2011.
• European Space Agency (ESA). "How to become an astronaut." ESA Astronauts. May 22, 2009. (Oct. 27, 2011) http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESA1RMGBCLC_astronauts_0.html
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