Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she's trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself.
Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA's 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. The new candidates are a diverse group of pilots, engineers, doctors and scientists selected to possibly launch on future missions to the moon and Mars. For Edgar, finding out she'd been chosen was a huge surprise.
