Packing for space is surprisingly simple on a personal level: bring the bags and keep moving toward launch. As a team, it takes a lot more coordination. Long before we arrive, supplies and science are already on their way through NASA and launch provider teams. Leaving on a jet
👩🏽🚀 NASA Astronaut Training for Soyuz launch from Kazakhstan 14 July 2026 | 🎖️Colonel United States Space Force | ⚕️Emergency doctor at UT Houston
- Defintiley worth a staying up late in Europe to watch this one!Watch Starship's twelfth flight test x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
- Exercise in space is a daily countermeasure, not just a workout. In microgravity, muscles and bones lose the normal loading they get on Earth, so compact systems like ESA’s E4D matter for future exploration missions and moon bases.
00:00 - My last NBL run at Johnson Space Center with Jessica Watkins. Spacewalk training underwater is demanding, detailed work — and it has been a joy to learn alongside the divers, engineers, and instructors who make it possible.
- We finished integrated training with the broader NASA team, Crew-13, and our crew. Simulated failures are a good reminder that the real work is communication, trust, and knowing when to lean on each other. Excited for six months on station for Expedition 75.
- One of my favorite parts of training is celebrating the people who make the mission possible. Hanging the expedition plaque with Chelsea, Molly, Xi, and Katy was a reminder of how many paths and skills come together behind launch day.
- Spacewalk training means preparing for the worst so you can perform at your best. SAFER is a small backpack system that uses compressed gas to help an astronaut maneuver back to Station if separated during a spacewalk.
00:00 - One of the better moments in training was looking over in the NBL and thinking, “wow, I think that’s my wife.” Getting to work alongside Anna there has been a real highlight, and I’m glad this moment made it onto video.
00:00 - One of the useful things about training is seeing the same task from more than one angle. This session with two amazing NASA engineers (Jenna and Naomi) used virtual reality to help me understand a future spacewalk, building on the work we had already done in the neutral buoyancy
00:00 - A week of pre-flight training is really a week of repetition, learning, and practice. Spaceflight preparation happens step by step, building the familiarity and confidence that matter when the mission begins.
- Expedition 75 will bring together three launches and three crews, including Crew-12, Crew-13, and my mission. These patches represent a much broader team effort across NASA and our international partners.























