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When I started working at NASA and understanding what the capabilities really were of the space station and the space program, one of the biggest draws for me was the ability to do experiments in space. We can do a number of experiments where gravity is actually a variable.

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We're pretty interested in microbial communities on-board space stations. It's a closed-loop system. Our water is recycled; our air is recycled.

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You need nerves of steel if climbing aboard a rocket is your career path.

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I've always been fascinated with science and exploring our world, from microbes to the solar system.

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It changes your perspective to be able to look out the window and see the planet. One of the thoughts that I had when I first got up here was, 'We really do live on a planet, and we are in a solar system, and we are flying through space right now.' I mean, this is something that you know, obviously, but to see the planet - it's amazing.

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I kind of watch anything on the Syfy channel.

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I think it's reasonable: you can own your nerd credibility when you're an astronaut.

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My lab used to do gene expression and genomics, and we did a lot of sequencing samples from virus outbreaks.

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When I was in grad school, I wanted to be in academia forever.

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When I was 16, my dad took me to a DNA conference at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, California, and I was captivated by this way of looking at biology and by the discussions of bits of nucleic acid that could make us sick.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: October 14th, 1978

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