Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

Episode 301 Crew 7. I'm Gary Jordan. I'll be your host today. On this podcast, we bring in the

experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts, and cosmonauts. I'll tell you what's going on in

the world of human spaceflight and more. NASA's commercial crew program continues, launching a

crew of four for the first time from four different space agencies, NASA, ESA, or the European

Space Agency, JAXA, or the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos, the Russian

State Space Corporation, on a U.S. commercial spacecraft on the seventh crew rotation mission

to the International Space Station. Each of these four crew members are incredible, high-achieving

individuals, and I was fortunate enough to spend a few minutes with each of them before they're

launched. On this episode, we'll hear from each of the crew, Commander Jasmine McBelly of NASA,

pilot Andreas Mogensen of ESA, and mission specialist Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA and Constantine

Borosov of Roscosmos, and hear them reflect on their lives, training, and anticipation of their

upcoming long-duration mission in space. So let's get right into it. Enjoy.

First up is NASA astronaut Jasmine McBelly, commander of crew seven. McBelly is responsible for all

phases of flight from launch to reentry. Once on board station, she'll serve as an Expedition 69

and 70 flight engineer. Though she was born in Germany, she considers Baldwin, New York home.

The now-lutinant kernel of the U.S. Marine Corps received a bachelor's of aerospace engineering

from MIT, and a master's in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Prior to joining NASA as an astronaut candidate in 2017, she was a helicopter pilot,

flying a number of operational missions as well as a test pilot. She accumulated more than

150 combat missions and 2,000 hours of flight time in more than 25 different aircraft.

Crew seven will be her first space flight, a fully capable leader. Here's a little more about

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