Vermont Space Grant Alumna Selected as NASA Astronaut Candidate

Dr. Imelda Muller, a 2017 graduate of the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, has been selected as one of NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates.

Muller, 34, was chosen from nearly 8,000 applicants, according to an announcement. She is part of NASA’s 24th group of astronaut candidates since the first group was selected in 1959.

Muller, who grew up in Copake Falls, New York, earned a bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience from Northeastern University before attending UVM. She is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and served as an undersea medical officer after training at the Naval Undersea Medical Institute. She later provided medical support for Navy operational diving training at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Original Post Date: 9.24.25

Author Credit: Beth McDermott

Image Credit: University of Vermont / NASA