NASA/Josh Valcarcel
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror in this portrait taken at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 22, 2024. Cardman will launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. This will be her first spaceflight.
Cardman was selected by NASA as a member of the 2017 “Turtles” Astronaut Class. The Virginia native holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research focused primarily on geobiology and geochemical cycling in subsurface environments, from caves to deep sea sediments. Cardman’s experience includes multiple Antarctic expeditions. Since completing initial training, Cardman has supported real-time station operations and lunar surface exploration planning.
This photo was one of the winners of NASA’s 2024 Photos of the Year.
影像来源: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
这张照片拍摄于2024年3月22日，地点为美国德克萨斯州休斯顿的NASA约翰逊航天中心。照片中，NASA宇航员泽娜·卡德曼正在检查她宇航服上的腕部反光镜。她将随NASA的SpaceX Crew-11任务前往国际空间站，这是她的首次太空飞行。
卡德曼于2017年被NASA选中，成为“乌龟”宇航员训练班的一员。她来自弗吉尼亚州，拥有北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的生物学学士学位和海洋科学硕士学位。她的研究主要聚焦于地下环境中的地生物学与地球化学循环，涵盖从洞穴到深海沉积物的广泛场景。卡德曼还多次参与南极科考任务。在完成基础训练后，她一直参与国际空间站的实时任务支持以及月球表面探测任务的规划工作。
这张照片被评为NASA 2024年度摄影作品之一。
