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Site Search HomeCareer AdvicePeople and Capability News I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes Me (top, third from right) with others from the International Space University, in front of the Shuttle Atlantis at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Author provided I’m currently training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. I expect to fly my first suborbital...

Author provided I was selected as a PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) Scientist-Astronaut candidate and global ambassador for 2021. PoSSUM is a non-profit US astronautics research and education program run by the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS). The program uses next-generation suborbital spacecraft to study the upper atmosphere and its potential role in global climate change. Generally speaking, a suborbital spaceflight is any f...

First female payload specialist for Virgin Galactic KATHERINE KOKAL, Palm Beach Post July 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — When people told Kellie Gerardi to shoot for the stars, they didn’t think she’d be so literal about it. But she took it seriously, and the 32-year-old Jupiter woman is heading to space. Gerardi will be aboard a future space flight on the VSS Unity out of New Mexico. The price point for the trip, operated by Virgin Galactic, is about $600,000, she sai...

Who is Kellie Gerardi? Born on February 16, 1989, in Jupiter, Florida, Kellie Gerardi is an aerospace, defense, and technology professional and a popular science communicator. Gerardi is a citizen-scientist and conducts bioastronautics research and spacesuit evaluation in microgravity with the IIAS. Gerardi is currently working as a Director of The Explorers Club and serves on the Defense Council for the Truman National Security Project.     She has authored Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A ...

Kellie Gerardi gets the opportunity to visit space to test new healthcare technologies.

Reuters Science News Summary Exclusive: COVID-19 far more widespread in Indonesia than official data show - studies COVID-19 is many times more prevalent in Indonesia than shown by official figures in the worlds fourth most populous country, authors of two new studies told Reuters. The country of 270 million has recorded 1.83 million positive cases, but epidemiologists have long believed the true scale of the spread has been obscured by a lack of testing and contact tracing. Jamming with the ...

Gerardi, a researcher with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, will serve as a payload specialist and experiment with wearable sensor systems and syringe designs for use in space, among other things. Virus does not threaten U.S. blood supply; high vitamin D levels do not protect against COVID-19 The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the viru...

Virgin Galactic to fly researcher to space for conducting experiments In March this year, Virgin Galactic completed its first manned space flight from its new homeport in New Mexico Reuters June 05, 2021 PHOTO: REUTERS British billionaire Sir Richard Bransons spaceship company, Virgin Galactic, said on Thursday it will fly researcher Kellie Gerardi to space for testing new healthcare technologies. Gerardi, a researcher with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, will serve a...

Bidding for a seat onboard a Blue Origin spaceship has reached a whopping $2.8 million.  As voyages get longer, training regimens will make sure humans can handle the trip.  Companies like Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin are gearing up to send tourists to the edge of space — and eventually, beyond — as soon as 2022. But for ordinary citizens, zero gravity and long flights could wreak havoc on their bodies.  Getting to space is a naturally challenging experien...

Kellie Gerardi, citizen scientists and STEM influencer, will fly in space. Virgin Galactic will launch Kellie Gerardi, an aerospace researcher and science communicator whos captured the worlds attention with books and TikTok videos, to space as a payload specialist on an upcoming mission.  The suborbital spaceflight on a Virgin Galactic space plane will send Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginners Guide to Life in the Space Age" (Mango Media, 2020), on a dedicated research flight to test ...