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Cool Jobs: Army Astronaut

  • Defense.gov
  • July 15, 2019 | 2:36

Col. (Dr.) Andrew “Drew” Morgan was selected to be a NASA astronaut in 2013 when he was serving as an emergency physician in the Army. On July 20, 2019, he will launch for his first space flight to the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 60.

Video by Elijah Light, DOD