I am a former NASA astronaut and had the incredible opportunity to travel 71,075,867 miles in 2,842 orbits of our planet during more than 178 days in space and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA during four spacewalks. I had the privilege to fly on both the US Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. I also participated in the joint NASA-NOAA, NEEMO-9 mission, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world’s only undersea research laboratory. During this mission the crew and I spent 18 continuous days living and working on the ocean floor. Through these...more
