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What it's really like to be a NASA astronaut

Natalie Walters,Jacquelyn SmithApr 7, 2016, 19:20 IST

Flickr/NASA Johnson

Flickr/NASA JohnsonNASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren training his skills with a robotic arm.

Kjell Lindgren always wanted to be an astronaut.

"It was a childhood dream that I never gave up on," he tells Business Insider.

Today, he is one of NASA's 47 active astronauts. And in December, he returned from spending six months in outer space.

We recently spoke to Lindgren about what it's really like to be a NASA astronaut, one of the most coveted jobs in the world.

Here's what he told us: