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Day 1: The Calls to Congress Continue

 November 16, 2016November 26, 2016

Let’s see what happens when I call my reps for the second day in a row. Today’s issue, in addition to the usual: Who will be the next NASA administrator. Continue reading

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Day 0: Where We Begin

 November 16, 2016November 16, 2016

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through Continue reading

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The Story of A Year

 December 31, 2015December 31, 2015

Where were you a year ago? Were you better off? Worse off? In a different city, a different country? Not yet in a relationship, about to be a parent, learning Continue reading

 Leave a comment Categoriesfamily, friends, gratitude, HERA, holidays, humans, journalism, mars, science, science writing, Uncategorized

Gratitude at the 1st Quarter Mark

 December 6, 2015

If this mission to Mars were a football game, this is the moment when we would stop the clocks, huddle, and take a moment to switch goals. In sports, and in life, these Continue reading

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Movember on Mars

 November 2, 2015November 2, 2015

Hello World! While we’re on sMars, the crew is doing our best to support continued operations back home. This means lots of research about how to live in space, now Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary

 October 31, 2015

  It’s almost impossible to believe, but 2 months have gone by since my crew and I said goodbye to direct sunlight and unfiltered air.  It’s also been 2 months Continue reading

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21 years to the Day: A Wave of Remembrance

 October 26, 2015October 26, 2015

As phenomena, “Fire” and “space travel”  go together about as well as “angry dragon” and “napalm”. So 21-years to the day from that my grandmother died, I forgo tradition a bit for Continue reading

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Space Oddities

 September 25, 2015September 27, 2015

One of the weirder things that can happen to you when you go to space and write a blog that you can get hit up for interviews VIA THAT BLOG. Continue reading

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Rosh Hash 5776

 September 13, 2015September 13, 2015

A sweet and safe new year to my friends, family & Earthlings everywhere! Love from Mars The birthday of the world by Marge Piercy On the birthday of the world I Continue reading

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Mad Respect: Mission Day 14

 September 12, 2015

This post should really be titled, “MAD MAD MAD” respect. Respect for what, you may ask? For life-long astronauts? For scientists and support-staff who over-winter in Antarctica? For servicepeople aboard submarines Continue reading

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