lystn

In 2019 NASA astronaut Jessica Meir participated in the first all-female spacewalk, an historic honor she’s still processing now that she’s back on earth. Jessica always wanted to be an astronaut and recalls a time in first grade when she drew a picture of an astronaut on the surface of the moon to signify what she wanted to be when she grew up! In this conversation with Women on the Move’s Sam Saperstein, Jessica explains what it was like to be up in space when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and why spacewalks are so challenging, both physically and mentally.