NASA’s latest class of astronaut candidates includes former Flagstaff geologist

NASA astronaut candidate Lauren Edgar
NASA astronaut candidate Lauren Edgar poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Edgar was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class and reported for duty in September. Josh Valcarcel/NASA/JSC, courtesy
Lauren Edgar, who has spent time working with the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, is among the 2025 class of astronaut candidates announced by NASA this week.
 
NASA announced the addition Monday of 10 astronaut candidates who were selected from more than 8,000 applicants.
 
They will spend the next two years training before being eligible for flight assignments on missions to low Earth orbit, the moon and Mars.