---
title: "Here’s Where You Can Apply to Be a NASA Moon Astronaut"
description: "Apply now! NASA is officially accepting astronaut applications for its next generation of astronauts that could one day travel to the Moon and Mars."
date: "2020-02-12"
modified: "2020-02-12"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/apply-nasa-moon-astronaut"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "astronauts"
  - "commercial crew"
  - "moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "the digest"
---

# Here’s Where You Can Apply to Be a NASA Moon Astronaut

![Apply now! NASA is officially accepting astronaut applications for its next generation of astronauts that could one day travel to the Moon and Mars.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/apply-nasa-moon-astronaut.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Boeing\</em\>*

## Taking Names

NASA is officially accepting applications for astronauts to travel to the Moon as part of its [Artemis mission](<https://futurism.com/tags/artemis>). You can send in your own application, if you think you have what it takes, between March 2 and 31.

"We’re celebrating our 20th year of continuous presence aboard the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit this year, and we’re on the verge of sending the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in [a statement](<https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/explorers-wanted-nasa-to-hire-more-artemis-generation-astronauts>).

## Job Requirements

If you make the cut, you might soon be traveling to the International Space Station aboard a [SpaceX Crew Dragon](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-rocket-explode-mid-flight>) or [Boeing Starliner](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-boeing-starliner-test-catastrophic-failure>) spacecraft developed as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Candidates will have to show proof of a master's degree in a STEM field and "two years of related, progressively responsible professional experience, or at least 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft," according to NASA.

## Résumé Booster

In the longer term, NASA is hoping to send humans to the Moon's surface using its [Space Launch System](<https://futurism.com/nasa-sls-orion-commercial-rocket>) and Orion spacecraft as soon as 2024. To get to Mars, you'll have to wait until the mid-2030s.

"For the handful of highly talented women and men we will hire to join our diverse astronaut corps, it’s an incredible time in human spaceflight to be an astronaut," he added.

**READ MORE:** [Explorers Wanted: NASA to Hire More Artemis Generation Astronauts](<https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/explorers-wanted-nasa-to-hire-more-artemis-generation-astronauts>) \[NASA\]

**More on astronauts:** *[NASA Astronaut Sets Space Record, Says She’ll Miss Microgravity](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-astronaut-koch-space-record-miss-microgravity>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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