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Jessica Meir
Jessica Ulrika Meir is a Swedish-American astronaut, marine biologist and physiologist at NASA. She previously worked as Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, after doing postdoctoral studies in Comparative Physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the physiology and recessive behavior of Antarctic emperor penguins and the physiology of the male goose, which can migrate in the Himalayas. In September 2002, Meir served as a sailor in the NASA 4 Extreme Environmental Mission crew. In 2013, she was selected by NASA to be in Astronaut Group 21. Meir launched September 25, 2019 on the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-15, where she used to be a flight engineer on Expeditions 61 and 62. On October 18, 2019, Meir and Christina Koch were the first women. participate in women's space walks.
NationalityAmerican and Swedish dual citizenship
StatusActive
BornJessica Ulrika Meir, July 1, 1977, Caribou, Maine, U.S.
Other occupationastronaut, physiologist
Alma materScripps Institution of Oceanography, International Space University, Brown University, University of British Columbia
Time in space204d 15h 19m 00s
Selection2013 NASA Group
Total EVAs3
Total EVA time21h 44m
MissionsSoyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62)

About Jessica Meir

Astronaut Jessica Meir was born in Maine, United States on July 15, 1977. She's 46 years old today.

In 2013, she was accepted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut program as a physiologist and Harvard professor.

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Jessica Meir before becoming famous

Jessica Meir was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1977 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She earned a PhD in physiology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, after receiving a Master's degree from France's International Space University.

Achievement of Jessica Meir

Northern elephant seals, emperor penguins, and bar-headed geese were among the animals she studied. She became a dual citizen of the United States and Sweden, and was the second Swedish woman and the second Swedish citizen in space.

Jessica Meir's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She was born and raised in Caribou, Maine. She went on to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, after that. She was born to an Israeli father and a Swedish mother.

Jessica Meir on Social Media

Jessica Meir's news on her Twitter: @Astro_Jessica.

Instagram photos and videos from Jessica Meir: @astro_jessica.

Jessica Meir Collabed with

She was a NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) aquanaut before becoming an astronaut. Astronaut Thomas Marshburn, a fellow astronaut, started his NASA career as a NEEMO aquanaut as well.

Jessica Meir Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Jessica Meir updated on March 09 2023.