Colorado woman among NASA’s newest class of astronauts

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A Colorado woman joined nine others in officially becoming a NASA astronaut this week. Nichole Ayers, who grew up in the Colorado Springs area and went to Woodland Park High School, graduated as part of the 10-person class on Tuesday.

"We are excited to have a new and diverse set of explorers ready to expand humanity’s reach,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a release posted to NASA's website. “Astronauts are pioneers who will help us embark on this new era of exploration, and we need more adventurers ready to join the ranks to explore the cosmos, including future missions to the Moon, on to Mars, and beyond.”

“As a young child, I always had an affinity for the sky and for space, and I'm the little kid that wanted to be an astronaut growing up,” she said at the time. “Living right there in the Springs area, we got to see the Thunderbirds fly over every year. “I knew as a serious little kid, I was going to go to the Air Force Academy and wanted to try to get into pilot training and take that path to being an astronaut.

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