Ben Bailey (astronaut)

Ben Bailey
Bailey in 2025
Born
Joseph Benjamin Bailey

(1987-08-07) August 7, 1987
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BS)
Naval Postgraduate School
Space career
NASA astronaut candidate
RankCW3, U.S. Army
SelectionNASA Group 24 (2025)

Ben Bailey is an American military test pilot, engineer, and NASA astronaut candidate. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and educated at the University of Virginia, he worked as a professional engineer before pursuing Army aviation.

After joining the United States Army as a warrant officer and qualifying as a rotary wing aviator and experimental test pilot, he was announced as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 24 in 2025, becoming the first warrant officer selected for astronaut training.

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