Association of Spaceflight Professionals
The Association of Spaceflight Professionals (ASP), initially incorporated as Astronauts for Hire, was established with the intention of training candidates as scientist-astronauts and making them available for hire as commercial crew.
Background
Since founding as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the state of Florida on April 12, 2010, the corps has offered specialized astronaut training.
Several members have interviewed as finalists in national astronaut candidate selection campaigns; one has completed an orbital mission conducting scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station. South Korean Astronaut Soyeon Yi, the first Korean to fly in space, is an ACTIVE member of the corps and serves on its board of directors.
In 2011, an inaugural class completed suborbital research scientist training, underwater emergency egress and sea survival training, and spatial orientation-disorientation testing and acclimation, with performance standards designed in strict adherence to meet or exceed FAA Commercial Astronaut certification and licensing guidelines as defined by the Office of Commercial Space Transportation under 14 CFR 460, Human Spaceflight Requirements,14 CFR 460.5, Crew qualifications and training, and the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, Public Law 108-492, 118, Stat. 3978.
The organization's first manned spaceflight missions were funded by the NASA Flight Opportunities Program in the second quarter of 2012.
See also
- Association of Space Explorers
- Commercialization of space
- Commercial Spaceflight Federation
- NewSpace
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