Return To Space: An Interview with NASA Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dysonby Tyler Hines | 2024-03-13
Astronauts Barbara R. Morgan (left) and Tracy Caldwell, both STS-118 mission specialists, pose with a photo of astronauts Clay Anderson and Sunita Williams, both Expedition 15 flight engineers, near a hatch on the International Space Station. Credit:NASADuring her more than 25-year career as a NASA astronaut and a two-time spaceflight veteran, Tracy Caldwell Dyson now sets her sights on returning to space later this month aboard the International Space Station as a crew member of Expedition 70/71. Prior to launch, we had the chance to sit down and talk with Tracy directly and ask about her unique perspectives on life, experiences, and time as an astronaut.
https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/roundup/2333TRACY DYSONOne of the most prominent women in the United States space agency NASA, Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and astronaut, selected by NASA following her groundbreaking research into molecular level surface reactivity.
As Mission Specialist #1, Caldwell Dyson flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour in a successful mission to help assemble the International Space Station in 2007. Three years later, Caldwell Dyson launched from Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz rocket to join Expedition 23 and spent 176 consecutive days on the International Space Station, celebrating her 38th birthday in space. Inspiring women and girls everywhere to shoot for the stars, Caldwell Dyson is the host of NASA TV series StationLIFE, and is fluent in both American Sign Language and Russian. Caldwell Dyson is rising from a California poppy, the state flower of California where she was born, studied, and lived until she was selected as a NASA astronaut. With cup-shaped petals, the California poppy blooms in an array of colors, symbolizing Caldwell Dyson’s achievements in various fields.
Tracy Caldwell Dyson's incredible bronze statue has found a permanent home at the Griffis Sculpture Park & The Essex Art Centre and will be available for public viewing from mid-June 2021.
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