Vice-President Mike Pence welcomed the group during a televised ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Article Continued BelowVice President Mike Pence congratulates a new class of astronauts on June 7, 2017. The 12 selected Wednesday will join 44 astronauts already in the NASA corps. SpaceX and Boeing are building capsules capable of carrying astronauts to the space station and back as soon as next year. Oh, the view.”The 2017 NASA astronaut candidates stop to take a group photo while getting fitted for flight suits at Ellington Field on June 7, 2017.

Source: thestar June 07, 2017 22:59 UTC