{"id":183839,"date":"2025-03-08T04:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=f1ffdb165eed8f7f64a2c9461bedc6d9"},"modified":"2025-03-08T04:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:48:02","slug":"nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-speaks-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=183839","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson Speaks to Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her right sleeve. The round patch has an orange border with a large, stylized &quot;71&quot; on the right side. She is wearing a blue flight suit with multiple patches.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 11%; object-position: 51% 11%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg 6870w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=768,544 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=1024,725 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=1536,1087 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=2048,1450 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=400,283 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=600,425 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=900,637 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=1200,849 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nhq202503050025orig.jpg?resize=2000,1416 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/expedition-71\/\">Expedition 71<\/a> patch on her flight suit on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Dyson and her fellow Expedition 71 crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps answered questions from students at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>While aboard the International Space Station, Dyson conducted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/nasa-astronaut-tracy-c-dyson-scientific-mission-aboard-space-station\/\">dozens of scientific and technology activities<\/a>&nbsp;to benefit future exploration in space and life back on Earth. She&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=8678\">remotely controlled a robot<\/a>&nbsp;on Earth\u2019s surface from a computer aboard the station and evaluated orbit-to-ground operations. She operated a 3D bioprinter to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=8741\">print cardiac tissue samples<\/a>, which could advance technology for creating replacement organs and tissues for transplants on Earth. Dyson also participated in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=9212\">crystallization of model proteins<\/a>&nbsp;to evaluate the performance of hardware that could be used for pharmaceutical production and ran a program that uses&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=7856\">student-designed software<\/a>&nbsp;to control the station\u2019s free-flying robots, inspiring the next generation of innovators.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her flight suit on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Dyson and her fellow Expedition 71 crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps answered questions from students at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington. While aboard the International Space Station, Dyson [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15761,15762],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expedition-71","category-tracy-caldwell-dyson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183870,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183839\/revisions\/183870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}