When Northrop Grumman’s 17th Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station launches in mid-February, it will carry three investigations of particular interest to NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division. “It’s not often we get the opportunity to launch experiments with such potential to assist future space travel as well as benefit those of us on Earth,” noted Division Director Craig Kundrot. “We’re all very excited about the possible results.”
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After successfully completing its first crewed flight from New Mexico on May 22nd, Virgin Galactic just announced that it will fly a new passenger. Kellie Gerardi, a space communicator and researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), will go to space on a dedicated research flight. Once in zero-G, she will conduct science experiments and test new technologies. 1 photo
Kellie Gerardi joined the IIAS in 2017 and has since then completed an intensive training program including high-G training, high-altitude training, pressurized spacesuit training, biometric analysis, and instrumentation operations. While she has flown before in a series of simulated microgravity research flights, this will be her first time actually leaving the Earth to fly to space as a payload specialist.