Right before Christmas, the international space station passed over New York City carrying astronaut Kayla Barron, a member of NASA’s Artemis Program--the program aims to put the first-ever woman on the moon.

Barron was part of another groundbreaking group-- she was one of the first women commissioned as a submarine warfare officer in the US Navy. 

This week Where We Live, revisits our best conversations. Barron joined us earlier this year to talk about her training for the next set of missions to return to the moon. 

What's it like to be an astronaut? Do you have a young, aspiring astronaut in your life?

GUESTS:

• NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron - Member of NASA’s Artemis team; she’s also a Navy Lieutenant Commander and Submarine Warfare Officer 
• Cathryn Prince - Visiting assistant professor of journalism at SUNY Purchase and author of the nonfiction book A Professor, A President, and A Meteor: The Birth of American Science

Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired January 8, 2021.