Kayla Barron

Mission Specialist

NASAAmericanACTIVE

FLIGHTS

w/ SPACEX

EVAs

176d 2h 39m

IN SPACE

BIOGRAPHY

Kayla Barron is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and submarine warfare officer — one of the first women to serve aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. She flew on SpaceX Crew-3 as a mission specialist for Expedition 66, performing two EVAs during her stay on the ISS.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth

September 19, 1987

Birthplace

Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.

Selection

NASA Group 22 (2017)

Military Service

Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy

EDUCATION

BS Systems Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy

MS Nuclear Engineering, University of Cambridge

Wikipedia Profile @Astro_Kayla

MISSION HISTORY

Crew-3

November 11, 2021Flight #136

SpaceX will launch the third operational mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station, including 1 international partner This mission will fly on a new capsule and a once used booster. The booster will land downrange on a drone ship. The Crew-2 mission returns from the space station in November.

CREW:

FELLOW CREWMATES

Raja Chari

NASA

Thomas Marshburn

NASA

Matthias Maurer

ESA

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