NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor is part of the Expedition 56/57 crew that launched to the International Space Station in June 2018.
On her first space mission, she will be conducting research aboard the International Space Station, according to a NASA release. Auñón-Chancellor will also serve as the crew’s flight surgeon while conducting experiments on how time in space affects human bones and apply findings to osteoporosis treatment.
The crew is scheduled to return to Earth in December.
Dr. Auñón-Chancellor came to Johnson Space Center in August 2006, employed as a Flight Surgeon. She spent more than nine months in Russia supporting medical operations for International Space Station crew members in Star City, including water survival training in the Ukraine. Dr. Auñón-Chancellor served as the deputy crew surgeon for STS-127.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University in 1997 and a Doctorate of Medicine from The University of Texas - Health Science Center at Houston in 2001. She also completed an aerospace medicine residency at UTMB as well as a Master of Public Health in 2007. She is board certified in Internal and Aerospace Medicine.
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