Southern Tier native Doug Hurley just got back from his mission, and now we have another local astronaut headed into space.

NASA has announced that Jeanette Epps, a Syracuse native, is going to be on the first manned flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, a new capsule. With testing on the spacecraft still to be done, the flight doesn't have a date set yet, but the three-person crew will eventually fly to the International Space Station.

Epps is a Corcoran High School grad and also went to LeMoyne College.  She was supposed to fly her first mission back in 2018, but was replaced on the flight without explanation. 

Since that time, she's done cave expeditions to help NASA get ready to establish a presence on the moon. She'll now have to learn all about the Boeing Capsule to prepare for her flight.