Old Astronauts4Hire Website

Astronauts4Hire co-founder Amnon Govrin called-in yesterday to The Space Show open-lines edition and discussed Astronauts4Hire and other topics (starting at 88 minutes). Earlier on the show Astronauts4Hire was favorably mentioned by Paul Graham from OpenLuna . You can listen to the show in full below: Podcast Powered By Podbean

A4H's very own Bruce Davis was among the select few invited to attend the Presidential Space Summit held at the NASA Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2010. At the event, President Obama outlined his new strategy for human spaceflight, which includes the expanded support for commercial space transportation systems - the same systems that will also enable the nascent suborbital and eventually orbital science research community.   Bruce, who is pictured here with Norm Augustine , shared his impressions and photos from the event on his website spacedavis.com .

A4H co-founder Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto was on The Space Show yesterday. During the third segment of the show, she and David Livingston talked about Astronauts4Hire. The callers asked some very good questions that have prompted us to start working on a FAQ page for our website. Stay tuned for that addition in the near future. You can listen to the show in full below: Podcast Powered By Podbean

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2010 Astronauts4Hire Launches, Selects Initial Candidates for Commercial Scientist Astronauts Astronauts4Hire, a new collaborative effort to support and develop a pool of qualified, commercial scientist astronauts announces today the launch of its website ( www.astronauts4hire.org ) and selection of 11 initial astronaut candidates. The candidates, selected from industry and academia, bring with them a wide variety of experience and expertise, representing a diverse set of disciplines. Pooling their collective resources and talents, and leveraging their common passion and commitment for space exploration, the candidates have created Astronauts4Hire to support the emerging suborbital research industry. On a day that marks the anniversaries of the first human to orbit the Earth and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle, this announcement marks a push towards a new era of more accessible commercial space research and exploration. Astronauts4Hire is soliciti

The Astronauts4Hire website is now live. Please stay tuned for exciting updates as we progress towards becoming some of the first scientist-astronauts ready to fly as commercial payload specialists on suborbital flights. Learn more about our plans on the About A4H page. If you like what you see, consider donating to become a sponsor ! Bigelow Aerospace has already become the first company to advertise for private astronauts , and Blue Origin has already announced the first scientific payloads for its suborbital vehicle. By the time the new breed of private space vehicles are ready, we plan to be qualified to handle jobs like these. We'll leave you with a recent NPR story that mentions the rising demand for "Astronauts for Hire" like us. To learn more, listen to yesterday's extended Space Show interview with Dr. Alan Stern: Podcast Powered By Podbean