NASA Astronaut

The wonder of spacewalks

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold has spent 210 says in space across his 2 missions. He has completed 5 spacewalks (EVAs) for over 32 hours. A former schoolteacher, marine biologist and accountant, Ricky became a NASA astronaut in the class of 2004. After completing a NEEMO mission undersea in Florida as well as a caves mission in Europe, he flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-119 in 2009. He then trained for long duration ISS missions and launched on Soyuz MS-08 in 2018 for Expedition 55/56. His many spacewalks were to repair and maintain the International Space Station. He conducted many science experiments on board including genetics ones.

I loved meeting and working with Ricky this summer and was delighted to connect with him again for this interview. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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