Jessica Meir

It was a history-making six months in space for NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir but its time for this UC San Diego alum and Maine native to come back to earth.

Two NASA astronauts said they expect it will be tough returning to such a drastically changed world next week, after more than half a year at the International Space Station

It’s no secret that NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is currently in space! Meir, who is active on social media, gives us a peek into her journey.  In her recent Twitter posts, Meir gazes down at the site where she worked on her Scripps Institution of Oceanography studies of elephant seals in collaboration with the University of California Santa Cruz...

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir chatted with about 150 middle school students at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla on Monday.

All the way from the International Space Station, Meir talked about her love for science and exploration.

Spacewalking astronauts had to make do with fewer lights and camera views from one helmet Wednesday while performing critical battery work outside the International Space Station.

It was the second pairing of NASA’s Jessica Meir and Christina Koch outside the orbiting lab. Last October, they teamed up for the world’s first all-female spacewalk.

The astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth. International Space Station resident Jessica Meir, from Maine, said Monday that when she floated outside last week, she wasn’t thinking about whether she was going out with a man or woman because everyone is held to the same standard.

It’s being called one giant leap for womankind. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch performed the first all-female spacewalk Friday roughly 250 miles up at the International Space Station.

Five “good news” stories from this week include two Navy SEALs rescued by a fishing charter and UCSD Alum, Jessica Meir, performing the first all-female spacewalk.

The world’s first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the International Space Station’s power grid. As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the job with wrenches, screwdrivers and power-grip tools, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that men weren’t part of the action. They insisted...

NASA has moved up the first all-female spacewalk to this week because of a power system failure at the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Jessica Mei and Christina Koch became the first all-female team to spacewalk at ISS.

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The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.

Five “good news” stories from this week include San Diego firefighters rebuilding a woman’s wheelchair ramp and a UC San Diego Alum reaching for the stars.

UC San Diego alum and now NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will embark on her first launch into space on Wednesday to start a six-month mission at the International Space Station.

Scripps Oceanographer alumna and current astronaut Jessica Meir set her sights on the International Space Station. NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala has more.