Zena Cardman
Zena Maria Cardman is an American biologist, geobiologist, and NASA astronaut selected with NASA Astronaut Group 22. Her background brings field science, microbial ecology, and planetary analog research into the modern astronaut corps.
- Born
- October 26, 1987
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Urbana, Illinois,United States
Flights
1
Spacewalks
0
EVA time
N/A
In space
166 days, 16 hours, 57 minutes
Bio
Cardman studied biology and marine sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked in remote science environments before NASA selection. Her research included extreme environments, subsurface life, and analog settings relevant to astrobiology.
She commanded SpaceX Crew-11, a mission to the International associated with 73 and 74. That mission placed her among the post-shuttle astronauts whose first flights are ISS crew rotation missions.
Because her flight career is still early,