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Maine Voices Live: NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
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English - April 13, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNews maine news sports opion politics portland Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Meir lived in space for 205 days on the International Space Station. She conducted three spacewalks with crewmate Christina Koch of NASA, for a total of 21 hours and 44 minutes outside of the ISS. Meir has a Ph.D. in marine biology.
She contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development while onboard the orbiting laboratory.
This interview was recorded in June 2020. Video is available at: https://youtu.be/swiDaA2jy1w