Swedish-Israeli NASA astronaut ready for her first space trip
“[When] I’m sitting on that rocket about to launch, it’s really going to be then that it finally sets in,” the 41-year-old astronaut said.
NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba (C), moderates a panel discussion with NASA's 2013 astronaut candidates, (L-R), Christina M. Hammock, Andrew R. Morgan, Victor J. Glover, Jessica U. Meir, Tyler N. "Nick" Hague, Josh A. Cassada, Anne C. McClain, and, Nicole Aunapu Mann, at the annual White House State of Sci(photo credit: BILL INGALLS / REUTERS)ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA