Life as a astronaut scientist
SEP 06, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020413
The New York Times : During her six-month stay on the International Space Station in 2002, Peggy Whitson, a NASA astronaut and biochemist, lived in a constant state of free fall. The station’s fast orbit of Earth âmdash; at 17,500 miles per hour âmdash; put everything and everyone into a weightless state, making life interesting, to say the least.
© 2006 American Institute of Physics
