KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – NASA has selected a fourth astronaut to join the next human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station.
The space agency announced it has tapped Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for SpaceX’s next Crew Dragon launch, which is slated for Oct.
23. [TRENDING: Joel Greenberg enters guilty plea | Meet the new Miss Universe | Tiger spotted on front lawn finally located] It will be Barron’s first spaceflight as she recently became a NASA astronaut in January 2020.
Barron was born in Pocatello, Idaho but calls Richland, Washington her hometown. She has a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the U.S.