Texas Native Selected New NASA Astronaut

Texas native selected new NASA astronaut

HOUSTON, Tx. - Rebecca Lawler, a native of Little Elm, Texas, has been named one of NASA’s newest astronaut candidates.

Texas Woman Selected As NASA Astronaut Candidate – 710am KURV

A North Texas woman is reaching for the stars. Rebecca Lawler of Little Elm has been selected as an astronaut candidate for NASA. Lawler is a 38-year-old former Navy pilot who most recently worked as a test pilot for United Airlines. She’s logged nearly three thousand flight hours in more than 45 different aircraft. The space agency chooses its astronaut candidates from a pool of more than eight thousand applicants, mostly scientists, engineers,…

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