New NASA astronaut candidates elated to be chosen

By Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comAnn McClain's mother was in her front yard rose garden when her daughter called with the news."You'll never forget this moment," McClain, a 34-year-old Army major, told her mom. "I've been selected as an astronaut candidate."Her mother's response, to scream so loud that McClain's stepfather ran out of the house thinking his wife had just injured herself, was rivaled o...