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NSF Live: Jessica Watkins / SpaceX Crew 4

Today's NSF Live is happening on-site at the Intrepid Museum in NYC as part of the museum's 2023 Kids Week event. Two astronauts who've spent time living and working in space, Astronaut Jessica Watkins and former astronaut Mike Massimino, will chat on the main stage about their time in space, followed by a one-on-one Q & A with Jessica Watkins. Today's show is hosted by John Galloway of NSF and Elysia Segal of Intrepid Museum. ----------------------------------------- In April 2022, NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins launched as a mission specialist on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. During her six-month stay in space, she and her fellow crew members observed geological changes on Earth and conducted a variety of experiments in microgravity, including studying the effects of long-duration spaceflight on humans. Join us for a special conversation between Watkins and former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino, live from Intrepid Museum’s Kids Week festivities, where they will discuss life in space and what’s next for Watkins as part of the Artemis Team. Participants: Jessica Watkins, NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Watkins reported for duty in August 2017 and completed two years of training as an astronaut candidate. The Colorado native earned a Bachelor of Science in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University, and a Doctorate in Geology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Watkins conducted her graduate research on the emplacement mechanisms of large landslides on Mars and Earth. She has worked at NASA’s Ames Research Center and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and was a science team collaborator for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Watkins served as a mission specialist on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, which concluded on Oct. 14, 2022. Mike Massimino, Former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University in New York City. He has flown in space twice, each time making two spacewalks on repair and servicing missions of the Hubble Space Telescope. Massimino appeared as himself on six episodes of the hit show, The Big Bang Theory. His autobiography Spaceman was recently adapted and released for young readers. Massimino is the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Museum. ----------------------------------------- If you are interested in using footage captured by this stream, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/conte...