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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...

IT might sound like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie when a doctor is called on to talk an astronaut through an operation from Mission Control. However, for Dr Christina Mackaill it could well become a reality despite being literally millions of miles away from her day job on a busy emergency unit with NHS Ayrshire and Arran. It was an interest which was sparked at university but space medicine could become her speciality. Read more: She is among three women who have set their their sights set on a future in space. From the emergency doctor, the space suit tester and astr...

Have you got the right stuff to become Ireland's next astronaut? For the first time in over a decade, ESA is looking for astronauts to join its group of space explorers Dr Norah Patten, who will be the first Irish person in space.  Tue, 16 Feb, 2021 - 10:00 Steven Heaney Ireland's next astronaut could be selected through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) recruitment programme for upcoming missions. For the first time in over a decade, ESA is looking for astronauts to join its group of space explorers.  Men and women from all European countries have been encouraged to apply. In a statemen...

'Out Astronaut' contest accepting submissions until Jan. 31 Space 1/22/2021 The Out Astronaut Contest is now accepting submissions until Jan. 31.  Out Astronaut is an annual competition hosted by the Out Astronaut Project in partnership with the nonprofit research and education organization Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) "to encourage LGBTQ-identified individuals in the STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math] fields to share their stories publicly and in doing so create visibility and representation," the contest's website reads.  Project PoSSUM...