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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2013 Astronauts4Hire Announces Commercial Astronaut Candidate Application Opportunity Tampa, Florida – Astronauts4Hire (A4H) is pleased to announce that it is seeking highly qualified candidates to expand its cadre of prospective commercial astronauts. Individuals interested in becoming Flight Members can submit applications via the Astronauts4Hire website at http://forms.astronauts4hire.org/FMapplication by April 20, 2013 . Selectees will be announced during the first week of June 2013 at the Next-generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in Broomfield, Colorado. A4H Flight Members must speak English fluently and hold at least a Master's degree or equivalent in a relevant field of science or engineering. Exceptional applicants who are current students expecting to graduate within two years will also be considered. Those selected as A4H astronaut candidates should possess a unique combination of scientific expertise, broad technical and operat...

Astronauts4Hire's fourth newsletter The A4H News is here! Highlights in this issue include interviews with A4H Flight Member Dr. Mindy Howard and former NASA astronaut Christopher Ferguson , recaps of recent A4H activities, a preview of A4H Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse 's latest book Pulling G , and the most important news in the commercial spaceflight industry. Click below to view the newsletter in full screen mode , or download the PDF . Like this? Sign up to receive email notifications for future issues of The A4H News , or contact us to learn about advertising opportunities. Did you miss the first three issues of the newsletter? View them here: Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2013 Astronauts4Hire and NASTAR Center Announce Partnership Tampa, Florida – Astronauts4Hire and the National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR®) Center are proud to announce that they have signed a services agreement for NASTAR Center Space Training and to collaborate on developing new A4H-branded training programs for A4H’s commercial astronaut candidates. A4H and the NASTAR Center will work together to develop A4H-specific training courses for astronaut candidates interested in aiding researchers, payload developers, and spaceflight providers with mission planning and operations support during spaceflight missions. "A4H is an ambitious organization that has demonstrated diverse interests in space applications," stated Brienna Henwood, Director of Space Training and Research at the NASTAR Center. "I look forward to their insight and am happy to support their training goals of conducting research operations in space." The ag...

The long-awaited video highlighting Astronauts4Hire's purpose, services, and the training its members undergo to become professional commercial astronauts is now available on the A4H YouTube channel . Watch now to learn about the only organization developing the next generation commercial astronaut workforce. "Astronauts4Hire is a fast-growing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of Ph.D. level experts in a wide array of scientific fields spread all over the world. We're developing this commercial astronaut workforce to bridge the gap between researchers and the new commercial space industry. We can help your organization be highly productive on parabolic flights, suborbital or even orbital missions. Contact us today to put our team to work on your project." --Brian Shiro, A4H CEO Special thanks to Oceans Aloft and Rusty Rogers for filming and producing the video. We also thank A4H's training partners Survival Systems USA , SIRIUS Astronaut Training , a...

Dear friends of Astronauts4Hire, Reflecting back upon 2012, I am impressed by the strides Astronauts4Hire has made to firmly establish itself as an important leader in the commercial spaceflight industry. Our primary mission is to build the next generation astronaut workforce by providing skills training, networking, and other professional development opportunities to aspiring commercial astronauts. As a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit, we rely upon the volunteer efforts of our members, generosity of our sponsors , and collaboration with our  partners  to meet our goals. With your help, we have achieved a lot in the past year, including: With partner Vital Space , we completed our second job as "astronauts for hire" testing the Sotera Wireless Visi Mobile biometric monitoring system on a NASA parabolic flight campaign .  The project received a great deal of TV and radio media coverage as well. We announced our commercial astronaut training programs with qualifica...

Earlier this week, A4H Training Officer Dr. Erik Seedhouse was the featured guest on The Space Show where he discussed his new book Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the Commercial Astronaut Corps (ISBN 978-1-4614-0519-1), which has been available since April 2012 . The interview covers suborbital and orbital spaceflight, aeromedical issues, training, safety, and the activities of the A4H organization. It's an engaging conversation that we proudly recommend to anyone interested in commercial spaceflight. Listen to the show here: Podcast Powered By Podbean

We are proud to present Astronauts4Hire's third quarterly newsletter The A4H News . Highlights in this issue include interviews with A4H Chief Operating Officer Dr. Jason Reimuller and NASA astronaut Dr. Yvonne Cagle , recaps of recent A4H activities - including the successful Vital Space microgravity research flights - and the most important news in the commercial spaceflight industry. Click below to view the newsletter in full screen mode , or download the PDF . Like this? Sign up to receive email notifications for future issues of The A4H News , or contact us to learn about advertising opportunities. Did you miss the first two issues of the newsletter? View them here and here !