NASA Astronaut's Zero-Gravity Office Tour: Life in Space

0:00Jessica Mir, a NASA astronaut and commander of the SpaceX crew 12 mission, shared a unique zero-gravity office tour from the International Space Station with students across high school, university, and even daycare levels. A university of British Columbia alumna, Mir conducted zoology research there from 2009 to 2012, teaching geese to fly. During the session, she fielded questions on space suit designs and daily life hacks, like managing floating objects in her curly hair in orbit. Her former Ph.T. supervisor at UBC, zoology professor emeritus Bill Milson, called her a stand-out student who persevered after an initial rejection from NASA's astronaut program. He praised her drive that led to this high-flying career, now hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Mir highlighted spacewalk demands as tough but manageable, noting bigger personal shifts like starting a family with a husband and three-year-old. Daughter since her first mission six years ago. Her eight-month stay on the station continues to inspire the next generation, showing persistence

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