Arlington, Texas: NASA astronaut visits Rocketbelly shop [Video]

ARLINGTON, Texas — When you’re 12 and own your own restaurant, you’ve already accomplished a lot.

Despite that, Olivia Huynh says she’s never given away a free meal and she really, really wants to.

“I always just wanted an astronaut to come here and that’s all I’ve thought of,” Huynh said.

Almost immediately, she instituted a strict company policy: Astronauts eat free.

Unfortunately, for Huynh, Rocketbelly isn’t exactly on NASA’s flight path. Not a single space traveler has walked through the door.

Chris Cassidy has been to space three times and spent more than a year orbiting the earth.

His most recent trip was his last. He retired from NASA in 2021.

So …