LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - 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.

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.

She would tell you her first dream was to be a Navy pilot, but along the way, the prospect of joining NASA seemed like an opportunity worth applying for.

NASA had more than 8,000 applicants from across the country in this class.

Lt. Commander 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.

One highlight in her skill-set, she’s an expe

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