Birth Name:

Jessica Meir

Female

Birth Date:

Fri, Jul 15, 1977

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Caribou, Maine, United States

Age:

47

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Can

2'

About Jessica Meir

Jessica Ulrika Meir (IPA: /mɪər/; m-eer; born (1977-07-01)July 1, 1977) is an American NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. She was previously Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins in Antarctica, and the physiology of bar-headed geese, which are able to migrate over the Himalayas. In September 2002, Meir served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 4 (NEEMO 4) crew. In 2013 she was selected by NASA to Astronaut Group 21. In 2016 Meir trained like cavenautes participating in ESA CAVES. Meir launched on September 25, 2019, to the ISS onboard Soyuz MS-15, where she served as a flight Engineer during Expedition 61 and 62. On October 18, 2019, Meir and Christina Koch were the first women to participate in an all-female spacewalk.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Jessica Meir on Twitter

• NASA biography

• Postdoctoral research

• Astronaut candidate bio

• Penguin Ranch blog

• Youtube: Meir in Antarctica

• Video of Meir with bar-headed geese

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Discoveries - Into Thin Air

• Meet Jessica Meir, NASA Quest

• NEEMO History, NASA

• Elephant Seals - Earthguide

• Modern "Mother Goose" Attempts to Unravel the Flight of the Bar-Headed Goose, LiveScience

• Gravitational Pull, Brown Alumni Magazine Nov/Dec 2016

• Skavlan interview after return from ISS (May 2020)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jessica Meir: Sun 23 Cancer, Moon 15 Cancer, Mercury 9 Leo, Venus 9 Gemini, Mars 28 Taurus, Jupiter 22 Gemini, Saturn 16 Leo, Uranus 7 Scorpio, Neptune 13 Sagittarius, Pluto 11 Libra, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Trine Neptune, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Quincunx Uranus, Venus Opposition Neptune, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Trine Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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Photo attribution: NASA/Robert Markowitz, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/46753659995/