Navy pilot from Kentucky begins astronaut training at NASA

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An accomplished U.S. Navy pilot from Oldham County has been selected to train as part of NASA’s next class of astronauts.

Erin Overcash , 34, of Goshen, was one of ten people chosen out of more than 8,000 applicants from across the U.S.

She will spend the next two years training before becoming eligible for space flight assignments supporting future science and exploration missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

Training includes instruction and skills development for complex operations aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Artemis missions to the Moon, and beyond.

“Specifically, training includes robotics, land and water survival, geology, foreign language, space medicine and physiology, and more, while also conducting simulated spacewalked and fly