Jessica Meir
Jessica Meir is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 3 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Jessica Ulrika Meir is Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins in Antarctica, and the physiology of bar-headed geese, which are able to migrate over the Himalayas. In 2000, Meir graduated with a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. In September 2002, Meir served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 4 (NEEMO 4) crew. In June 2013 she was named an astronaut candidate by NASA, becoming one of the eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21. She is from Caribou, Maine.
- Date of Birth: 07/01/1977
- Status: Active
- First Flight: 09/25/2019
- Last Flight: 09/25/2019
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
Expedition 61 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 10/18/2019 11:38 UTC and ended at 10/18/2019 18:55 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 17 minutes.
Expedition 61 EVA 7
The spacewalk began at 01/15/2020 11:35 UTC and ended at 01/15/2020 19:04 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 29 minutes.
Expedition 61 EVA 8
The spacewalk began at 01/20/2020 11:35 UTC and ended at 01/20/2020 18:33 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 58 minutes.
