<p>The countenance of astronaut candidate Christina M. Hammock (now Koch) signals her success at fire-starting, a technique that will help sustain her in the wilderness. As the first phase of their extensive training program along the way to become full-fledged astronauts, the eight astronaut candidates of the class of 2013 spent three days in the wild participating in their land survival training, near Rangeley, Maine. Photo credit: NASA/Lauren Harnett 
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Date: August 28, 2013
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117488408" class="extiw" title="d:Q117488408"><span title="American photographer">Lauren Harnett</span></a>
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2013-08-28 06:25
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