Would-be astronaut gets cold feet

For the first time in five decades, a Nasa astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said on Tuesday.

Robb Kulin resigned from Nasa effective August 31 for personal reasons, spokeswoman Brandi Dean said, declining to provide further details.

Some 18,000 people routinely seek the 12 spots that open each year. Kulin is the first would-be astronaut to leave training since a resignation in 1968.