{"id":426052,"date":"2026-05-11T23:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7d292e2f580577fe805db7ebfd43f72f"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:58:09","slug":"nasa-astronaut-jessica-meir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=426052","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir"},"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\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?w=1638\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir sits in a chair. Her body is slightly turned to the right as she looks forward. She is wearing the bottom half of a spacesuit; the top half and gloves are on the floor next to the chair.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg 5504w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jsc2025e078652-altorig.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" \/><\/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\/jessica-u-meir\/\">Jessica Meir<\/a> sits for a portrait at NASA&#8217;s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 23, 2025. This photo was chosen as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/album\/2025_NASA_Photographer_Of_The_Year_Winners\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 NASA Photographer of the Year finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meir launched on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station in February 2026 with fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.<\/p>\n<p>Meir was selected by NASA in 2013. Prior to becoming an astronaut, her career as a scientist focused on the physiology of animals in extreme environments.&nbsp; Meir served as flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 61 and 62 and participated in the first all-female spacewalks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Josh Valcarcel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir sits for a portrait at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 23, 2025. This photo was chosen as one of the 2025 NASA Photographer of the Year finalists. Meir launched on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station in February 2026 with fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, [\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":[19515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jessica-u-meir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426052","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=426052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426053,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426052\/revisions\/426053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=426052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=426052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}