Astronaut Jessica Meir on Maine Voices June 2nd 7pm
In the beginning of the year, MMCRI put in a request to have a summer visit from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir...you all know the rest of the story, but here's your chance to hear from her - please pass along. Registration free and required to attend the zoom webinar:
Maine Voices Livestream with NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
Join us Tuesday, Jun. 2 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom to hear about Dr. Meir's path from Caribou to NASA and the seven months she recently spent on the International Space Station.
Maine Voices Livestream with Jessica Meir
Born and raised in Caribou, Jessica Meir was selected by NASA in 2013 and served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 61 and 62 from 2019 to 2020. When Meir returned to Earth in April, it was a very different planet than the one she left seven months before. In addition to talking about life as an astronaut and her scientific research, she will talk about watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold from space.
Meir holds a BA in Biology from Brown University, an MS in Space Studies from the International Space University and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
For her Ph.D. research, Dr. Meir studied the diving physiology of marine mammals and birds, focusing on oxygen depletion in diving emperor penguins in the Antarctic and elephant seals in Northern California. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Meir worked for Lockheed Martin’s Human Research Facility, supporting human physiology research. During this time, she also participated in research flights on NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft and served as an aquanaut in an underwater habitat for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).
Meir will be interviewed by Portland Press Herald staff reporter Gillian Graham.
Meir holds a BA in Biology from Brown University, an MS in Space Studies from the International Space University and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
For her Ph.D. research, Dr. Meir studied the diving physiology of marine mammals and birds, focusing on oxygen depletion in diving emperor penguins in the Antarctic and elephant seals in Northern California. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Meir worked for Lockheed Martin’s Human Research Facility, supporting human physiology research. During this time, she also participated in research flights on NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft and served as an aquanaut in an underwater habitat for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).
Meir will be interviewed by Portland Press Herald staff reporter Gillian Graham.
Jun 2, 2020 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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