Kayla Barron

Kayla Jane Barron is an American submarine warfare officer, engineer, and NASA astronaut. She was selected in June 2017 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 22, and later qualified as an astronaut in 2020. She took part in her first spaceflight, SpaceX Crew-3, as part of the crew of Expedition 66/67, which launched to the International Space Station on November 10, 2021. Before joining NASA, she was a submarine warfare officer and Flag Aide to the Superintendent at the Naval Academy.

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1987  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Kayla Jane Barron; Kayla Jane Sax; Kayla Sax
astronaut, nuclear engineer, naval officer, submariner, 

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  SpaceX Crew-3 ⓘ
  NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 66 ⓘ
  66th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

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  Expedition 67 ⓘ
  67th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

United States, 

1987-09-19T00:00:00Z

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1987 Kayla Barron

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2022-03-30T00:00:00Z

2021 — 2022 Expedition 66

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2022-09-29T00:00:00Z

2022 Expedition 67

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Kayla Barron 2025 (cropped)

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ISS-66 EVA-4 (01) Team preparation in the Quest airlock

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Matthias Maurer, left, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, second from left, Raja Chari, second from right, and Kayla Barron, right, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to launch.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		SpaceX Crew-3	Kayla Barron, Matthias Maurer, Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2021	Expedition 66	Akihiko Hoshide, Anton Shkaplerov, Denis Matveev, Kayla Barron, Mark T. Vande Hei, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Pyotr Dubrov, Raja Chari, Sergey Korsakov, Thomas Marshburn, Thomas Pesquet, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2022	Expedition 67	Denis Matveev, Dmitrij Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Jessica Watkins, Kayla Barron, Kjell Lindgren, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Raja Chari, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, Sergey Korsakov, Sergey Prokopyev, Thomas Marshburn, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
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