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Lauren Edgar uses a hand lens to identify minerals in a sample from a complex esker in Iceland. Credit: USGS

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Former USGS Geologist Lauren Edgar Selected As A NASA Astronaut Candidate

by Keith CowingSeptember 24, 2025

Meet Lauren Edgar, once a geologist studying the Earth, Moon, and Mars, now one of NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest astronaut candidates!

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Former USGS Geologist Lauren Edgar Selected As A NASA Astronaut Candidate

Perseverance Astrobiology Droid Has Completed A Martian Marathon

Machine Learning And Deep Learning For Exoplanet Detection And Atmospheric Characterization With JWST And The Upcoming Ariel Mission

Bioleaching Of Critical Trace Metals By Sphingomonas Desiccabilis: Substrate-driven Selectivity In Earth And Space Analogues

TESS Reveals The Puffiest Exoplanets Ever Found

An Agnostic Machine Learning Model of Photosynthetic Habitability