Astronaut Training Program

Astronaut training describes the complex process of preparing astronauts for their space missions before, during and after the flight, which includes medical tests, physical training, extra-vehicular activity (EVA) training, procedure training, rehabilitation process, as well as training on experiments they will accomplish during their stay in space.
The training is geared to the special conditions and environments astronauts will be confronted with during launch, in space, and during landing. All phases of the flight must be considered during training to ensure safety too, and functionality of the astronauts, as well as to ensure successful completion of the mission. 
Training occurs primarily at ISO Mission Control. All members of the Training Program, Candidates as well as Instructors, wear ISO uniforms. 
At various stages through the training program, the Candidates are ranked and their number reduced until the final crew selection is made.
=== Top 32 Candidates ===
=== Top 20 Candidates ===
Top 20 Candidates
Rank	Name 		Rank	Name
1 	Nadia Schilling		11 	G West
2 	H Alexander 		12 	D Perlman
3 	S Compton 		13 	T Santini
4 	Paula Morales 		14 	B Morrill
5 	B Lee 		15 	S Elwood
6 	Jen Weston 		16 	A Buziak
7 	Ajay Sharma 		17 	T Joyce
8 	Evram Mintz 		18 	Claire Dereux
9 	H Griffin 		19 	Arnel Poe
10 	R Mayer 		20 	Steve Wassenfelder
Rollie Crane, Maddux Donner and Ted Shaw were removed from the list of candidates as they had already successfully completed astronaut training.
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