The NASA astronaut with Northern California ties joined KRA 3 live from the International Space Station on Friday to talk about his mission as he prepares to return home after six months in space. Tracy C. Tyson is from Arcadia and earned a doctorate in chemistry. UC Davis in 1997. The Expedition 71 flight engineer is aboard the ISS as part of his third space mission. He was previously a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavor in 2007 and flight engineer for Expedition 23/24 in 2010. And when asked if he was excited to return to Earth on Sunday after 184 days in space, Tyson said he was “very excited.” To see family. “It’s been a fantastic six months here. I enjoyed the time, the camaraderie and the work,” he said. Seeing Earth while in the microgravity lab “never gets old,” Tyson said. “Seeing our planet from this perspective is one of the most amazing things I can think of,” he said. “One of the most fascinating things I can think of here is that we’re here and we can see our planet in the midst of a completely different black universe.” However, Dyson said astronauts will not see the window, mostly because “our schedule is so busy”. Tyson grew up in Southern California and competed in track and field as an undergraduate at Cal State Fullerton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He became a pilot while attending graduate school at Davis and also learned Russian and American Sign Language. According to UC Davis’ Letters & Science magazine, NASA invited her to begin training as an astronaut a year after starting post-doc studies at UC Irvine. He also worked as a consultant on the movie “The Martian”. For his latest work, Dyson has been conducting experiments and studies on stem cell research and fire safety in microgravity. Applications for fire protection include space shuttle, space station, he told KRA 3. and spacesuit design and operations. “We always bring an understanding of any kind of physical process here that is always directly applicable to people on the ground,” he said. Asked about the most interesting project he’s worked on, Tyson said it’s hard to choose. “One thing, though, is that my background is not in biology, which involves stem cells and using 3-D printing techniques to mimic tissue,” he said. “To me, it’s incredibly attractive to take a technique and try to create human tissue that can help us in research down the road. You know, in such a remote environment we can’t transplant organs or tissues or if we need help to heal quickly, we don’t have the materials. KCRA3’s Mike Cherry asked if Tyson got motion sickness on any of his missions. But one way astronauts can adapt is “real simple,” he said “They’re called emesis bags, but they’re really just a barf bag,” he said. “The real easiest way to deal with it is if you’re sick, you have a way to deal with it.” Tyson ended his interview by thanking those who encouraged and supported him in Sacramento using our app. Download | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
The NASA astronaut with Northern California ties joined KRA 3 live from the International Space Station on Friday to talk about his mission as he prepares to return home after six months in space.
Tracey C. Tyson is from Arcadia and earned his doctorate in chemistry from UC Davis in 1997. The Expedition 71 flight engineer is aboard the ISS as part of his third space mission. He was previously a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavor in 2007 and a flight engineer on Expedition 23/24 in 2010.
And when asked if he was excited to return to Earth on Sunday after 184 days in space, Tyson said he was “very excited” to see his family.
“It’s been a fantastic six months here. I enjoyed the time, the camaraderie and the work,” he said.
Seeing Earth while in the microgravity lab “never gets old,” Tyson said.
“Seeing our planet from this perspective is one of the most amazing things I can think of,” he said. “One of the most fascinating things I can think of here is that we’re here and we can see our planet in the midst of a completely different black universe.”
However, Dyson said astronauts will not see the window, mostly because “our schedule is so busy”.
Tyson grew up in Southern California and competed in track and field as an undergraduate at Cal State Fullerton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
He became a pilot while attending graduate school at Davis and also learned Russian and American Sign Language.
According to UC Davis’ Letters & Science magazine, NASA invited her to begin training as an astronaut a year after starting post-doc studies at UC Irvine. He also worked as a consultant on the movie “The Martian”.
For his latest work, Dyson has been conducting experiments and studies on stem cell research and fire safety in microgravity.
He told KRA 3 that applications for fire protection include spacecraft, space station and space suit design and operations.
“We always bring an understanding of any kind of physical process here that is always directly applicable to people on the ground,” he said.
Asked about the most interesting project he’s worked on, Tyson said it’s hard to choose.
“One thing, though, is that my background is not in biology, which involves stem cells and using 3-D printing techniques to mimic tissue,” he said. “To me, it’s incredibly fascinating to take a technique and try to create human tissue that can help us in research down the road. You know, in such a remote environment we can’t transplant organs or tissues or if we need help to heal quickly, we don’t have the materials.
KCRA 3’s Mike Cherry asked Tyson if he got motion sickness when he first got to the space station.
Tyson said that has never happened in any of his work. But there are many ways astronauts can adapt. One way is “real simple,” he said.
“We have very high-tech, they’re called emesis bags, but they’re actually a barf bag,” he said. “The real simple way to deal with it is if you’re sick, you have a way to deal with it.”
Tyson ended his interview by thanking those who encouraged and supported him in Sacramento.
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