Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (seated, center) met with members of NASA's 2009 astronaut candidate class during their visit to the rocket engine test facility June 7. Astronaut candidates toured Stennis facilities and received briefings on work under way at Stennis, including rocket engine test activities and Applied Science initiatives. Since the selection of the first astronaut class in 1959, thousands of applications for the intensive program have been received, but fewer than 350 people have been selected as candidates.
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Taken on 7 June 2010
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