Meir

Jessica Ulrika

USA

International order nº: 574

US astr. nº: 358/W-63

Personal data:

Birth date:	15 July 1977
Birthplace:	Caribou / Maine
Marital status:	single
Children:
Grade / Fonction:
Selection date:	17 June 2013
Selection group:	NASA-21
Job:	PLT
Status:	active

Credit photo: NASA

Spaceflights:

No	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Soyuz MS-15	25 Sep 2019 13:57:42 UTC	FE ISS Exp.61/62	Soyuz MS-15	17 Apr 2020 05:16:43 UT	204d 15h 18m
Total duration:						204d 15h 18m

EVA′s:

Date	Time (UTC) of starting	Duration	Crew & Remarks
18 Oct 2019	UT	7h 17m	Meir and C.Koch; mission ISS-Exp.61 The EVA was needed to replace a faulty battery charge/discharge unit (BCDU). The BCDU failed to activate following the October 11, 2019 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station′s truss.
15 Jan 2020	UT	7h 29m	Meir and C.Koch; mission ISS-Exp.61 The astronauts continued to replace nickel-hydrogen batteries with more powerful lithium-ion batteries (working site: P6 Channel 4B battery R&R A-F).
20 Jan 2020	UT	6h 58m	Meir and C.Koch; mission ISS-Exp.61 Their task was again to replace nickel-hydrogen batteries with more powerful lithium-ion batteries on the far end of the station's port truss (working site: P6 Channel 4B battery R&R A-F).
Total:		21h 44m	EVAs: 3

Additional information:

She is a graduate of Brown University, has an advanced degree from the International Space University, and earned her doctorate from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Meir currently is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut group 20.

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