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#UNC alumna Zena Cardman has been to the Arctic and Antarctica, and will head off the planet next. The spring graduation speaker is preparing for her first spaceflight as commander of @NASA’s Crew-9 mission. Learn more about Zena's path to NASA https://unc.live/4chqDK8
If you’re looking for a role model, feel free to borrow mine, Zena Cardman.
jsc2024e010943 (Jan. 26, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts cold transfer skills training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh ValcarcelUploaded on April 2, 2025
jsc2024e074784 (Nov. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
jsc2024e022261_alt2 (March 22, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
Zena Cardman @zenanaut 7:24 PM · Sep 8, 2025My view from the @Space_Station of yesterday’s lunar eclipse. It’s a challenge to catch the moon up here – we don’t have any up-facing windows, so we can only see the moon for a few minutes between moonrise and moonset before it disappears above the ISS or below the horizon. Yesterday was an extra challenge, dealing with low angle light bouncing through the multi-paned cupola glass, but @JonnyKimUSA, @Astro_Kimiya, and I had a lot of fun chasing those fleeting opportunities, and got some cool views of Earth’s shadow on our natural satellite, before and after totality.In the first shot, Earth’s shadow is barely visible on the moon. The distortion effect is from refraction as the moon sets through the lens of Earth’s atmosphere.
Zena Cardman @zenanaut 5:41 PM · Sep 9, 2025Wild mirage of moonset as viewed from the International @Space_Station. The distortion and colors are caused by atmospheric refraction and Rayleigh scattering (and I think the ripples are likely from some temperature inversions? I’ll let the internet correct me…). Getting this shot as I envisioned became my white whale for more than a week. The challenge was mostly timing – finding, focusing, and tracking with a long, handheld lens during the brief few minutes we can see the moon each orbit, then leading and stabilizing the framing on a soft horizon too dark to see. We get sixteen moonsets every day, so I spent a lot of time with this obsession. What a relief to finally catch it. 400mm plus 1.4x and 2x converter, 1/50s, f/22, ISO 2000, luck, and stubbornness.
Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 12:04 AM · Oct 26, 202526 octobreJoyeux anniversaire (38) à Zena M. Cardman 🎂🎂🎂(1 vol, en cours depuis le 1er août : Crew-11 / Expedition 73 soit à ce jour 84 jours dans l'espace)