It's been fun doing interviews with the other astronauts, getting to hear: 'Oh, that's how he explains it' or 'That's how she thinks about it.' We work together, but we don't necessarily share all those thoughts or ideas.
Viewing the earth from above gives you this sense of how special the planet is that we live on.
My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.
Unfortunately, spaceflight takes a lot of time and money.
My parents are the hardest-working people I ever knew: they always worked every day, all day; they had to come up with the solutions to make things work. And I think that work ethic, maybe stubbornness, single-mindedness, definitely played a role for me. I'm definitely thankful for my roots.
I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.