How do you become a NASA astronaut?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Astronauts have such cool jobs! They get to blast off in rockets, experience micro-gravity, and see Earth from a whole new perspective. But how does someone become a NASA astronaut? We asked spacesuit designer Pablo de Leon to help us find the answer!

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
0:06.4	finance course for students even though teens score an average of 64% on the National
0:12.2	Financial Literacy Test? Let's make a difference. 64% on the national financial literacy test?
0:14.0	Let's make a difference.
0:16.0	Our friends at Million, Basilian, and Green Light are hitting the road visiting schools
0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
0:23.0	It's all the fun of the podcast, but now live and interactive.
0:27.0	Million Bazillion Live is in partnership with Green Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
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0:40.1	Hi, I'm Anna Waggle, and I produce Moment of U, um, part of the Brainson Universe.
0:44.0	Support for this show comes from folks like you, and we need you today.
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0:53.0	Take a moment to support the entire Brainson universe today.
0:57.0	Head to Brainson.org.
1:00.0	And thanks.
1:28.7	From the brains behind Brains on, this is the moment of um. Moment of Umm comes to you from A.P. M. Studios. I'm Nico Gonzales Whistler. I love being one of the people who helps make the shows in the Brainson Universe. It's honestly kind of a dream job, but it's not what I thought I would do when I was growing up.
1:37.2	For a long time I really wanted to be a veterinarian. I even started my own pet sitting business so I could practice taking care of my
1:44.6	neighbors dogs and cats and guinea pigs. Then I thought I would open a book shop
1:48.9	a place where I could sit and read all day long and then in the fourth grade my class took a field trip to the
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