Science and Exploration

A New Science Officer on the Space Station

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

March 2, 2015

Filed under ISS, NASAWatch, OnOrbit, Spock

A New Science Officer on the Space Station — Samantha Cristoforetti

Michael Okuda va NASAWatch

In space Samantha Cristoforetti honors Leonard Nimoy/Spock by continuing the Vulcan science officer tradition on ISS. Imagery by Michael Okuda.

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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