Jack Hathaway, 39, a Connecticut and commander in the U.S. Navy, has been selected as a NASA astronaut candidate. Born in South Windsor, he is one of ten individuals selected from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to join NASA’s first new class in four years.
Indian origin doctor Anil Menon has been selected along with nine others to be astronauts for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) s future space missions.