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NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron

Kayla Barron was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. She most recently served as a flight engineer onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 66 and 67.

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Barron served as member of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which launched on November 10, 2021.

Barron served as member of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which launched on November 10, 2021.

A Gates Cambridge Scholar, Barron earned a master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Cambridge. As a Submarine Warfare Officer, Barron was a member of the first class of women commissioned into the submarine community.

A Gates Cambridge Scholar, Barron earned a master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Cambridge. As a Submarine Warfare Officer, Barron was a member of the first class of women commissioned into the submarine community.

The Washington native graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering.

The Washington native graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering.

(21 September 2021) Official NASA Portrait of astronaut Kayla Barron – Individual EMU Photo. (Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

(26 November 2021) NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla Barron checks out chile peppers growing inside the International Space Station’s Advanced Plant Habitat before they were harvested for the Plant Habitat-04 space botany experiment.

(21 November 2021) NASA astronauts and Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Kayla Barron and Raja Chari pose for a portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut and International Space Station Commander Anton Shkaplerov (background).

NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron is seen after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

(2 December 2021) NASA spacewalker Kayla Barron is pictured during a six-hour and 32 minute spacewalk to replace a failed antenna system on the International Space Station’s Port-1 truss structure.

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Official NASA Portrait of astronaut Kayla Barron

(21 September 2021) Official NASA Portrait of astronaut Kayla Barron – Individual EMU Photo. (Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

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