Most people don't understand how difficult it is to work with spacesuit gloves, but it's always fun to let people test them out. Harry Connick Jr did pretty well!

In the next 20 - 30 years, I envision surface colonization and research being conducted on Mars. I can easily imagine people living there, and one of many benefits will be from the technological developments required to go where no one has before. It would also unite humanity in

I miss the fun and games of being in microgravity! The crew on board International Space Station are showing you some of their maneuvers! youtu.be/ycDoaIn6wuk?fe… #Olympic2024

A spacesuit is really a one person spacecraft with oxygen, temperature control, communications, and power. You can see from this timelapse video that 'suiting up', even just for practice, is a complicated process requiring lots of outside assistance.  Axiom Space has invested in

I grew up on this farm in a town with more cattle than people in a time when there was no such thing as a female astronaut. It doesn't matter where you come from, you can achieve extraordinary goals if you set your mind to it.

I am really looking forward to working with this amazing team! Go #Ax4 !

Water training was a serious challenge for me. There are so many different components to it from scuba diving prior to spacewalk training underwater, to emergency bailout sessions from the Shuttle or the T-38, and post-landing water survival. “Fun” things like swimming three

The space environment is a great model system for looking at new drugs and ways to approach problems we all face as human beings. For example, an osteoporotic woman here on the ground can lose about 1% of her bone mass a year. In space, it's about 1% a month, which is one of the

Space exploration efforts will be much more integrated in the future, which should allow us to move forward at a more rapid pace. NASA is going back to the Moon with Artemis, but it's in partnership with commercial companies like Axiom Space who will provide the spacesuit for the

I performed my very first spacewalk today in 2002 in a Russian Orlan Spacesuit. My commander Valery Korzun and I installed additional micrometeoroid shields on the Service Module of the International Space Station.  It was the most incredible sense of flying I have ever experienced, with the

I think we can all agree the Sokol suit may not be the most flattering spacesuit, and it certainly doesn’t get any better when you don the cold weather insulated coveralls as we did prior to our launch in 2016.   But this suit has been used since the 1970s with little design

Being appointed Chief of the Astronaut Office in 2009 remains one of the highlights of my career. The job has been held almost exclusively by men with military backgrounds, so being appointed as the first female and non-military Chief was very special. It was one of the most

Relive the #Ax2 mission! Save the date for the premiere of Ax-2: A Step Beyond on September 23, 2024. Peggy Whitson John Shoffner RAYYANAH BARNAWI Ali Alqarni وكالة الفضاء السعودية

As an astro you are not always the one doing the EVA (even if you would prefer that!).  Here Jack Fischer and I were training as the intravehicular crew to suit up 2 other crewmembers.  The procedures are literally hundreds of steps long and pretty much every one of them is

The #Ax4 crew have started training. Crewmembers and two back-ups are participating in a range activities led by Axiom Space and our training partners. With Commander Peggy Whitson's leadership and expertise, the whole team is off to an incredible start as they prepare for the

The ability to get into and out of a spacesuit with minimal assistance will be an important factor for the next lunar Astronauts. From my limited experience in this suit in a 1 G environment, performing a moonwalk will be even more challenging than a zero G walk. The tests we are

Coming back to Earth is my least favorite part of spaceflight, but I returned #OTD in 2017 ready to see my husband, eat pizza, and have a flushing toilet again!

Blooper videos are common in space.  Here I am explaining life in microgravity while missing a foot rail! A perfect example of living in space 😀

I look forward to commanding my second commercial human spaceflight mission with Axiom Space. With a culturally diverse crew, we are not only advancing scientific knowledge but also fostering international collaboration. Our previous missions set the stage and now, with #Ax4, we