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Jim Baird: “I rise today to congratulate Yuri Kubo, a graduate of Purdue University and a native Hoosier who was 1 of just 10…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2025
I rise today to congratulate Yuri Kubo, a graduate of Purdue University and a native Hoosier who was 1 of just 10 candidates chosen for NASA's latest astronaut class. Yuri Kubo earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in 2008 and his master's degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2015. These 10 outstanding astronauts were selected from a group of approximately 8,000 other candidates. Yuri Kubo and the other nine individuals face 2 years of training before they are eligible for future planned missions to the International Space Station and the Moon. NASA is even looking at a mission to Mars. I congratulate Yuri and the full 2025 astronaut class. They will make Purdue University, Indiana, and the country proud.
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Jim Baird
Republican · Missouri
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Congratulating Yuri Kubo on being selected for NASA's astronaut class.

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