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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 mission sometime in 2023 as a payload specialist on a commercial mission. In other words, I’ll be...

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 flight that reaches an altitude higher than 80km, but doesn’t escape Earth’s gravity to make it i...

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 said. Virgin founder Richard Branson on Sunday completed the initial Unity flight, which lasted about 1...

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 Beginner's Guide To Life in the Space Age' and a children's picture book series titled, 'Luna Muna'...

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