February 18, 2021
…wanted to be an astronaut. In 1977, Sally was finishing her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford and planning to become a university professor. One morning, she was eating breakfast in the cafeteria and reading the student newspaper when she noticed an article saying NASA was looking for new astronauts, and…
March 31, 2022
…Oceanography alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir visited Scripps in November 2017. Photo by Erik Jepsen/University Communications. NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir to Speak at UC San Diego Commencement UC San Diego alumna has led a career of daring research to understand and protect the planet, including a six-month mission to…
October 3, 2019
Scripps alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications From the Sea to the Stars Scripps Oceanography alumna Jessica Meir launches to the International Space Station, fulfilling lifelong dream NASA astronaut Jessica Meir has wanted to travel to space since she was a child. This…
February 26, 2016
When astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth on March 1, half of NASA’s first-of-its-kind study of twin astronauts and long duration space flight, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere will launch the mission’s next phase.
May 31, 2018
…Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Astronaut, author, physicist, athlete, teacher, mentor, leader. Sally Ride was “just about everything you could ever imagine someone to be,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. Chancellor Khosla was one of many who spoke of Ride’s accomplishments during the U.S. Postal Service’s May 23…
January 21, 2021
…the famous quote from astronaut Neil Armstrong could be updated and revised to include the first woman to step foot on the moon…and that woman just might be a UC San Diego alumna. When NASA unveiled the initial team of astronauts for its ambitious moon exploration project in December, the…
October 25, 2016
While astronauts on long space missions do not experience a change in spinal disc height, the muscles supporting the spine weaken, find researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. The study provides new insights into the elevated rates of back pain and disc disease associated with prolonged…
August 10, 2017
The University of California San Diego boasts more than 100 graduates who have gone on to work at NASA, including 38 alumni who work at SpaceX. This is the campus where Sally Ride—the first American woman in space—taught physics and where, just recently, scientists contributed to the discovery of the…
June 18, 2013
Jessica Meir, who earned a doctorate in marine physiology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 2009, has been selected in the newest group of space explorers by NASA.
April 11, 2019
The NASA Twins Study is the most comprehensive integrated multi-omics, molecular, physiological, and behavioral analysis of how the human body responds to space flight to date. Study results were published in the April edition of Science
