The Discovery Channel is launching a new competition to send regular people into space. Anyone with that dream has a chance to make it a reality on the upcoming series, Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?
Over the course of the eight-part series, contestants will compete in a variety of extreme challenges as they vie for the chance to travel to and live aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during an eight-day mission managed by Axiom Space, which is building the world’s first commercial space station and is one of the leaders of private space travel.
According to Discovery Channel, “the process will be grueling and only a select few will make it through the rigorous selection process” designed to put the contestants through what astronauts experience as they get necessary training for space flight and living aboard the ISS.
For a chance at this once-in-a-lifetime chance experience, visit discovery.com/astronaut. Who Wants to Be an Astronaut? will debut in 2022 on Discovery Channel.