Jessica Meir ’99 has been tapped for NASA’s Artemis Team, a racially and ethnically diverse group of 18 astronauts, nine women and nine men. The lunar exploration program plans to land the first woman and next man on the moon in 2024. Meir, an astronaut since 2013, has spent 205 days in space and completed three spacewalks, including the first all-female spacewalk. She was named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people for 2020 and will receive an honorary degree from Bowdoin College in May.
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Class of 1999