Submariner-turned-astronaut Kayla Barron is already going where few women have gone. Is the moon next?
Astronaut Kayla Barron aboard the International Space Station. NASA
The Navy officer, one month into her half-year aboard the space station, once ran nuclear reactors on the nation's ballistic missile-armed subs hidden deep under oceans. Among the first women to serve on a Navy submarine, the 34-year-old Barron is among the candidates who could also break a celestial glass ceiling: The Washington state native could fly and land on the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. And those missions will inform the agency's ultimate goal of sending humans to Mars. "I always feel our training prepares us to deal with those unexpected circumstances that come up," she said Monday, adding "It's more important to be brave than fearless."
