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American media professional (born 1989)
Kellie Gerardi (born February 16, 1989) is an American commercial citizen scientist who is known for her sub-orbital spaceflight with Virgin Galactic and candidacy for the Mars One mission and was one of the first 100 Women in space . She is also a successful social media influencer , science communicator and media professional in private spaceflight .
Education
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Gerardi graduated from Jupiter Community High School in 2007, in the town of Jupiter, Florida , where she was born. She said she watched space shuttles launch from Cape Canaveral from her bedroom window.[2] [4]
She studied documentary film making at Barnard College and transferred to New York University (NYU). She graduated from NYU in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in film.[2] [5]
Career
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In 2012, she joined the Commercial Spaceflight Federation , a commercial spaceflight lobbyist , as a media specialist and copywriter.[3] [6]
From 2014 to 2020, Girardi worked in business development at Masten Space Systems .[3]
In 2015, she began working with Palantir Technologies , a Peter Thiel software company, as a customer support specialist.[2] [3] [7] customer service and acts as a travel agency . She said she is a technical project manager for Gotham , which she described as a philanthropic effort, a controversial data analysis tool that is used by law enforcement and government agencies, like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to screen immigrants at the Mexico–United States border . She said she was sent to help Team Rubicon provide disaster relief to people impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.[8]
Citizen science and science communication
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After meeting Richard Garriott while working coat check at The Explorers Club in 2014, she decided to join.[3] [6] board of directors . She now serves the Truman National Security Project as part of the Defense Council.[9]
In 2014, she was accepted as candidate for the Mars One mission, a bankrupt organization that planned to colonize Mars as a reality television show, which gained her national attention.[8] [10] [11] Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS).[3] Popular Mechanics tarantulas and practiced moving in a space suit.[10] [12] [13] Popular Science hops in a simulated Martian regolith using Earthen soil as a control. She said the experiments showed beer could be brewed on Mars.[14] [15]
Kellie Gerardi returning from a successful microgravity research flight.
In 2017,[3] Denver called the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) that uses Florida Institute of Technology for accreditation.[16] [17] [3] [2] bioastronautics research and space-suit technology development.[18] democratize space access and monetize space travel.[2]
On November 2, 2023, Gerardi flew the one-hour sub-orbital spaceflight operated by the space tourism company Virgin Galactic , Galactic 05 , as a citizen scientist doing commercial research.[19] [3] [20] smart garment called Astroskin by a Canadian startup Hexoskin that continuously tracked her vitals and a glucose monitor to investigate any relation between high-altitude flight and insulin resistance .[7] [21] [22] humidifiers .[21]
Gerardi is a popular TikTok influencer.[3] [23] Instagram .[2] science, technology, engineering, and mathematics .[8] Land Rover , Sephora , and TJ Maxx .[24] [25] [26] Sun Chips .[27] New York Fashion Week shows, wearing her navy space suit[28] [29] NASA to host the first all-female episode of NASA Science Live during Women's History Month .[30]
In 2020, Mango Publishing published her memoir, Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide To Life in the Space Age. [31] [4] [32]
Gerardi writes a series of children's books about space called Luna Muna .[33]
Personal life
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In 2015, her space-themed wedding at Woodstock Inn & Resort in Vermont to Steve Baumrak was featured in The Knot .[34] [35] Michael López-Alegría , a commander of the International Space Station .[34] [36]
She lives in Jupiter with Baumrak and their daughter Delta V, who was named for delta-v , the quantitative measure of a change in velocity.[31] [2] [3]
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jr, Tom Huddleston (2021-07-20). "How millennial mom and TikTok influencer Kellie Gerardi became a 'citizen astronaut' who's going to space with Virgin Galactic" . CNBC . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ a b Bender, Maddie (24 August 2020). "Kellie Gerardi might be the first social media star in space" . Inverse . Retrieved 2020-10-20 .
^ Not Necessarily Rocket Science - with author Kellie Gerardi , retrieved 2024-02-13
^ a b Glester, Andrew (2020-12-14). "Aspiring astronaut and Space Age ambassador" . Physics World .
^ a b Dinner, Josh (2023-10-30). "Meet the crew of Virgin Galactic's 5th commercial spaceflight launching on Nov. 2" . Space.com . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ a b c Lin, Belle. "Meet the 32-year-old Palantir employee and TikTok star who will soon become one of the youngest mothers to ever travel to space" . Business Insider . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Petersen, Carolyn Collins (2023-11-16). "Virgin Galactic Flies Science Experiments to the Edge of Space" . Universe Today . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ a b Seedhouse, Erik (2017). Mars One doi :10.1007/978-3-319-44497-0 . ISBN 978-3-319-44496-3
^ Dickerson, Kelly. "The company planning one-way trips to Mars will 'inevitably fall on its face' . Business Insider . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "What I Learned Living Through a Simulated Mars Mission" . Popular Mechanics . 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "Signing Up for a Mission to Mars, and Planning to Never Return" . ABC News . March 5, 2015. Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Stone, Lillian (2021-02-12). "Hypothetically, Astronauts Could Get Tanked On Mars-Brewed Space Beer" . The Takeout . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ G, Sandra Gutierrez (2021-02-05). "Can we brew our own beer on Mars?" . Popular Science . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "Florida Tech students get a taste of space" . The Florida Tech Crimson . 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Sciences, International Institute of Astronautical. "The IIAS Astronautical Science Program – International Institute for Astronautical Sciences" . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Reimuller, Jason (2018-06-01). "Project PoSSUM Graduates Scientist-Astronaut Class 1801 at Embry-Riddle" . Project PoSSUM . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Lin, Belle. "Meet the 32-year-old Palantir employee and TikTok star who will soon become one of the youngest mothers to ever travel to space" . Business Insider . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Harwood, William (November 2, 2023). "Virgin Galactic launches fifth commercial flight to sub-orbital space and back" . CBS News . Retrieved November 27, 2023 .
^ a b Etherington, Darrell (2021-06-03). "Virgin Galactic to fly Kellie Gerardi to space on a dedicated research mission" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "NASA scientist flies to edge of space for suborbital research" . Gizmodo . 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "@kelliegerardi" . TikTok (Profile). Retrieved 2024-02-13 .
^ Range Rover: From Jupiter, With Love , retrieved 2024-02-13
^ Stories of Belonging: Aerospace Professional Kellie's Out of This World Dream | Sephora , retrieved 2024-02-13
^ Gerardi, Kellie (January 26, 2024). "#ad SO honored to be part of the @TJ Maxx #MaxxYou campaign— we're all so much more than any one label. What are you #MoreThan ? ❤️" . TikTok . Retrieved 2024-02-13 .
^ "SunChips Debuts an Ecplise-Inspired Bag of Chips with 2 Flavors In It" . Food & Wine . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Gupta, Alisha Haridasani (2021-09-12). "A Fashion Show With an Unexpected Focus: Sexual Assault Survivors" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ Smith, Jamie Davis (2024-04-10). "What Astronaut Kellie Gerardi Packs When She Travels—By Airplane or Spaceship" . Thrillist . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "NASA Astrobiology" . astrobiology.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2021-05-26 .
^ a b Chelsea Gohd (2021-06-05). "Virgin Galactic to launch science communicator and researcher to space" . Space.com . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "Kellie Gerardi's Exciting Announcement" . Mango Publishing . 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-26 .
^ Davis Smith, Jamie (2023-11-28). "She's an astronaut and mom who wore friendship bracelets into space. Here's how Kellie Gerardi makes it work" . Yahoo Life . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ a b "A Glam, Space-Themed Wedding at Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, Vermont" . September 6, 2015.
^ "Kellie + Steven | Woodstock Inn and Quechee Club Vermont" . Lovely Valentine . 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
^ "We Spoke To Astronauts About How Space Tourism Will Change Life Here On Earth" . The Suitest . Retrieved 2024-06-02 .
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