Jessica Meir

@Astro_Jessica

NASA Astronaut. Scientist. Mother. Explorer. Nature lover. Currently living on-board the @Space_Station supporting Expeditions 74 and 75.

International Space Station

Joined June 2013

Pinned
Jessica Meir
@Astro_Jessica
Jun 6
There is a lot going on right now on the @Space_Station, but fortunately we are all safe and witnessed a spectacular southern aurora show yesterday thanks to a recent solar event.
Jessica Meir
@Astro_Jessica
8m
My favorite mini fig 🤖 Building these blocks in space while my 3.5yo builds the same set on Earth. 🌍 Separated by 250 miles, yet connected like our bricks. I deal with floating, wandering micro bricks in microgravity (gray tape ftw!), while her dad deals with the real danger of
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Jessica Meir
@Astro_Jessica
Aug 26
Starry starry night. Channeling my inner post-impressionism vibes as I experiment with long exposure star trails from the @Space_Station Japanese Experiment Module window. Maybe van Gogh was dreaming in long exposure for his masterpiece. That’s the @JAXA_en external platform
Jessica Meir
@Astro_Jessica
Aug 25
Happening now! Watch NASA+ as @astro_hathaway and I fly @astro_anil into his worksite with @Soph_astro outside the @Space_Station.
Jessica Meir
@Astro_Jessica
Aug 24
Rinse and repeat! Take a peek into how @astro_hathaway and I suited up @astro_anil and @soph_astro last week for their spacewalk. Tune in to NASA+ tomorrow to watch them execute part 2 of an @Space_Station communications antenna replacement. After the hardware presented some
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