Snowy Vistas, the Australian Outback, and far beyond our atmosphere.

NASA experts travel to some incredible places to learn more about our universe.

As scientists have started venturing out once again, we're restarting our Field Notes series.

These special episodes offer a look into the people and places behind some of the wild work

NASA experts do beyond our offices.

Astronaut Shannon Walker has traveled to the International Space Station twice in her incredible career.

She's now back on Earth with a unique perspective.

From her home state of Texas to floating far above the atmosphere and so many destinations and adventures in between,

come along with us as Shannon describes

just a few of her out of this world experiences.

The space station in so many ways felt exactly the same

when I was there the second time as I was the first time.

The difference, however, was there is so much more stuff on the space station.

I swear everybody on the ground acts like they're a pack rat and don't want to get rid of anything.

And so we've got cargo stowed everywhere.

And we've installed so many computers and so we've got wires strung everywhere and cables and everything.

And so it's a more crowded space, but a very familiar space to live.

My name is Shannon Walker and I am a NASA astronaut.

I have flown to the space station twice.

The first time I flew was in 2010 and the second time I flew, I launched the end of 2020 and landed in 2021.

So I've been home just over a year from my last flight.

First time I flew, I actually flew round trip with the Russians.

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