Tracy Caldwell
Astronaut
Playlists
All Videos (25)
- What I Do
- Great Part
- Challenges
- Education
- Research Projects
- Favorites
- Goals
- The List
- Heroes
- Skills from Childhood
- Staying Calm Under Pressure
- Why an Astronaut?
- Getting Mission Ready
- First Time Leaving Earth
- Launch or Landing
- Space Walk
- Extreme Hang Gliding
- Relaxing in Space
- Signing in Space
- (ASL) A Message in Sign Language
- Working with Cosmonauts
- (Russian) A Message in Russian
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did it Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Astronaut, describe “the list” and how she discovered that she wanted to be an astronaut. She explains how you can be both a scholar and an athlete during her undergraduate studies at Cal State Fullerton as a chemistry major and track and field competitor. She compares the excitement of "launch" versus "landing" and describes the thrill of being your own “satellite” during her three space walks. Be sure to click on her special messages in American Sign and Russian.
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