'Never gets old': NASA astronaut speaks from ISS
ties joined sister station KCRA 3 live from the International Space Station on Friday to talk about her mission as she gets ready to return home after six months in space.
Tracy C. Dyson is from Arcadia and earned a doctorate in chemistry at UC Davis in 1997. The Expedition 71 flight engineer is on the ISS as part of her third mission to space. She previously was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 2007 and a flight engineer for Expedition 23/24 in 2010.
Asked if she was excited to return to Earth Sunday after another 184 days in space, Dyson said she was 바카라 게임 웹사이트super excited바카라 게임 웹사이트 to see family.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s been a wonderful six months up here. I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve enjoyed the time and the camaraderie and the work,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said.
Dyson said it 바카라 게임 웹사이트never gets old바카라 게임 웹사이트 to see Earth while being in the microgravity laboratory.
바카라 게임 웹사이트To see our planet from this vantage point is one of the most miraculous things I can think of,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The fact that we바카라 게임 웹사이트re here, that we can see our planet amidst the stark contrast of a black universe is one of the most fascinating things I can think of up here.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Still, Dyson said astronauts don바카라 게임 웹사이트t get to stare out the window that often 바카라 게임 웹사이트because our timeline is pretty busy.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Dyson grew up in Southern California and went on to compete in track and field while an undergrad at Cal State Fullerton, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry.
She became a pilot while attending grad school in Davis and also learned Russian and American Sign Language.
NASA invited her to begin training as an astronaut about a year after she began post-doc studies at UC Irvine, according to UC Davis바카라 게임 웹사이트 Letters & Science magazine. She바카라 게임 웹사이트s also served as a consultant to 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Martian바카라 게임 웹사이트 movie.
For her latest mission, Dyson has been conducting experiments and studies on stem cell research and fire safety in microgravity.
She told KCRA 3 that the applications for fire safety involve spacecraft, space station and spacesuit design and operations.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Anytime we come up with an understanding of any kind of physical process up here it always has direct relevance to those that are on the ground,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said.
Asked about the most interesting project she바카라 게임 웹사이트s worked on, Dyson said it was hard to choose.
바카라 게임 웹사이트One though, that comes to mind because my background is not in biology is those that involve stem cells as well as those that use 3-D printing techniques in order to replicate tissue,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트To me, that바카라 게임 웹사이트s just incredibly fascinating to take a technique and try to manufacture human tissue that could help us in exploration down the road. You know, if in such a remote environment we can바카라 게임 웹사이트t replace organs or tissues or we need help with healing fast and we don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have the materials there.바카라 게임 웹사이트
KCRA 3바카라 게임 웹사이트s Mike Cherry also asked Dyson if she experienced motion sickness when she first arrived on the space station.
Dyson said that hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t happened on any of her missions. But there are several ways astronauts can adapt. One way is 바카라 게임 웹사이트real simple,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We have a very high tech, they바카라 게임 웹사이트re called emesis bags, but they바카라 게임 웹사이트re really just a barf bag,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The real simple way to handle it is that if you feel sick, you바카라 게임 웹사이트ve got a means to get through it.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Dyson ended her interview by thanking those in Sacramento who have encouraged and supported her.