Kayla Barron
Kayla Jane Barron is an American engineer, submarine warfare officer, and NASA astronaut. Her path into spaceflight represents the post-shuttle astronaut corps, where military technical backgrounds now feed directly into and ISS work.
- Born
- September 19, 1987
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Pocatello, Idaho,United States
Flights
1
Spacewalks
2
EVA time
13 hours, 26 minutes
In space
176 days, 2 hours, 39 minutes
Bio
Barron graduated from the United States Naval Academy and studied nuclear engineering at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Before NASA, she served as one of the first women assigned to the United States Navy submarine force.
NASA selected Barron with Astronaut Group 22 in 2017. Her first spaceflight was SpaceX Crew-3, which carried her to the International for Expeditions 66 and 67.
During her long-duration mission, Barron supported research, operations, visiting vehicles, and . Her career links naval nuclear engineering, submarine operations, and modern station crew work.