Matthew Dominick/NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidate 

The ranks of America’s Astronaut Corps grew by a dozen today! The twelve new NASA Astronaut Candidates have reported for duty at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to begin two years of training. Before they got to Houston we video-chatted with them all; U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Matthew Dominick talks about how he became interested in science, technology, engineering and math, why he wanted to become an astronaut and where he was when he got the news that he’d achieved his dream.
Learn more about the new space heroes right here: nasa.gov/2017astronauts