{"id":317,"date":"2003-04-27T01:57:59","date_gmt":"2003-04-27T06:57:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2003-04-27T01:57:59","modified_gmt":"2003-04-27T06:57:59","slug":"educator-astronaut-applicant-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT APPLICANT ASSISTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     As NASA&#8217;s Educator Astronaut Program (EAP) approaches the April 30, 2003, application deadline, representatives are available to assist applicants with queries about the status of application materials and the EAP selection process.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nApplicants may call toll free, 1-877\/332-7876, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. EDT for assistance. If an EAP representative is not available, applicants may leave a message and the call will be returned. Questions may also be submitted by email to: edspace@nasa.gov.<\/p>\n<p>To check the status of applications on the Internet, visit: <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nasajobs.nasa.gov\"   target=\"_blank\"  ><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/nasajobs.nasa.gov  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;Applicant Services&#8221; and then &#8220;Profile Page.&#8221;  Applicants should log in using their user ID and password. If an applicant does not have a user ID or password, click the appropriate link to obtain information, or call the toll free number for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has received more than 1100 EAP applications. The EAP is an out-of-this-world opportunity for teachers to become permanent members of the NASA Astronaut Corps. <\/p>\n<p>Educators with science, technology, engineering or mathematics backgrounds still have the chance to join NASA&#8217;s first Educator Astronaut class. Educator Astronauts will serve as Mission Specialists, trained to perform spacewalks, operate the Space Shuttle&#8217;s robotic arm, and lead research experiments. Educator Astronauts will also share their extraordinary experience with millions of students and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the program or to nominate a teacher on the Internet, visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.nasa.gov\/\"   target=\"_blank\"  ><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/edspace.nasa.gov\/  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As NASA&#8217;s Educator Astronaut Program (EAP) approaches the April 30, 2003, application deadline, representatives are available to assist applicants with queries about the status of application materials and the EAP&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":612598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/612598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}