{"id":274162,"date":"2025-08-28T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=f2620e6574b673ceb1d3d677299bb550"},"modified":"2025-08-28T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:10:11","slug":"portrait-of-an-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=274162","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of an Astronaut"},"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\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a woman wearing a spacesuit and helmet. She looks upward toward the right. The photo shows only her head and shoulders.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg 4255w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54434141863-7757af4db2-o.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Josh Valcarcel<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/zena-cardman\/\">Zena Cardman<\/a> poses for a portrait in a photography studio on March 22, 2024, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Cardman is currently aboard the International Space Station, where she perform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/nasas-spacex-crew-11-mission-gears-up-for-space-station-research\/\">research<\/a>, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities. Recently, she took a robotics test on a computer for the portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=8413\">CIPHER<\/a> study that measures space-caused changes to her brain structure and function; she also installed high-definition cameras on a spacesuit helmet.<\/p>\n<p>Cardman launched to the space station on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Members of Crew-11 will contribute to NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign by simulating Moon landing scenarios that future crews may encounter near the lunar South Pole.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/\">space station blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Josh Valcarcel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio on March 22, 2024, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Cardman is currently aboard the International Space Station, where she perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities. Recently, she took a robotics test on a computer for the portion of the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"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":[17554],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zena-cardman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274162","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274206,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274162\/revisions\/274206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}