Oldham County Native Among Latest NASA Astronaut Class
Out of ten new possible NASA astronauts, one Navy pilot and Oldham County native says she’s ready for the next two challenging years ahead. Lieutenant Commander Erin Overcash, a North Oldham High School grad from Goshen, made it through two rounds of intense interviews before getting that call of a lifetime in July. It’s been a journey that’s taken Lieutenant Commander Erin Overcash to Colorado. Test Pilot School out on the East Coast and over to Japan, the Pacific, and the Middle East on deployment.
Out of ten new possible NASA astronauts, one Navy pilot and Oldham County native says she’s ready for the next two challenging years ahead. https://t.co/WiNbbnjmWF
— WAVE (@wave3news) September 23, 2025
NASA had more than 8,000 applicants from across the country in this class. Two others were Purdue University grads.