Moses

Personal data: Birth date:   Birthplace:   Marital status:   Children:   Grade / Fonction:  Commercial astronaut Selection date:   Selection group:  NASA- Job:  Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic Status:  active

Suborbital Spaceflights (above 80 km):

Additional information:

• Natalie Beth Stubbings grew up in Northbrook, Illinois and attended Glenbrook North High School. She obtained bachelor′s (1992) and master′s (1994) degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and as a senior engineer in the NASA/JSC EVA Project Office. As a student, she conducted materials research in parabolic flight.
• She worked for NASA as the assembly manager for the International Space Station where she led the global program of human-in-the-loop testing which designed, developed, and verified the spacewalk mechanisms used to assemble and maintain the station. Moses later joined Virgin Galactic where she serves as Chief Astronaut Instructor and Interiors Program Manager.
• During her spaceflight on 22 Feb 2019, she became the first person on a suborbital mission known to have unstrapped and floated around the cabin, as part of her job evaluating the future passenger experience. On mission VF-01 she reached a height of 89.9 km above the Earth′s surface, high enough to achieve Commercial Astronaut status by surpassing an altitude of 80 kilometers (50 mi).
• Beth Moses was awarded the National Science Foundation′s Micro gravity research award. This allowed her to further her research in parabolic flight. In 2009 the International Space Station (ISS) was awarded the Robert J. Collier trophy. Moses played a large role in the development required to attain this award.