So many people know of my daughter, Abby, or Astronaut Abby. She's a pretty amazing young woman. At age 18 she has amassed two years of college credit from the University of Minnesota in math and science courses and is now attending the prestigious Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She has also ... READ MORE»
How to Become an Astronaut
https://youtu.be/6oEodu5gboc Over the past four years I have shared my dream of becoming a NASA astronaut with kids and adults around the world. While there are only a handful of people who have made it to becoming a professional astronaut in the past 50 years, it is a dream that inspires kids ... READ MORE»
Space Camp 2011: An International Experience
“Through these doors enter the next generation of scientists engineers and astronauts.” This is the motto of Space Camp, and it is only too true as Space Camp helps to excite my generation, the Mars Generation to keep moving ahead towards the future of space. Last week I attended Space Camp for a ... READ MORE»
Why Canada? My Atlantis STS-135 Canadian Space Agency Tweetup Experience
Why Canada? That was a common question when people heard I would be heading to Canada to watch the last US space shuttle launch into space. I chose to attend the Canadian Space Agency STS-135 Tweetup (#CSATweetup) rather than view the launch live from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, because I had ... READ MORE»
