NASA on Monday introduced the 10 people who will join the agency’s astronaut corps as it races to return humans to the moon.

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates are already making history. The 2025 class includes the first person to join the astronaut corps who has previously flown to orbit. It’s also the first class in history to include more women than men. To top things off, one of them could be the first to set foot on the Red Planet.

Acting Administrator Sean Duffy said one of the 10 new astronauts could become the first human to step on Mars.

NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.

Rocket Lab corporation announced it delivered two explorer-class spacecrafts to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission in partnership with the University of California,

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“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature on the Red Planet is a groundbreaking discovery, and one that will advance our understanding of Mars.”

NASA has just shared one of its most impressive Mars panoramas to date. Captured by its trusty Curiosity rover, the panorama (below) of the Martian landscape comprises 44 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam. The color has been adjusted to match the lighting conditions as the human eye would see them on Earth.