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Nicole is an astronaut, aquanaut, artist, mom, and now author of her first book\xa0Back to Earth ~ What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet - And Our Mission To Protect It. \xa0She creatively combines the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience with her artwork to inspire everyone's appreciation of our role as crewmates here on Spaceship Earth.\xa0

Today on the Casual Space Podcast is Beth\u2019s conversation with Nicole recorded earlier this month, in preparation for the Analog Astronaut Conference in Tucson, Arizona, where Nicole shares a variety of thoughts about analogs, what it was like to live under the sea, and seeing our beautiful Earth from Space.\xa0

More about Nicole Stott: She is a veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days as a crewmember on both the International Space Station (ISS) and the Space Shuttle. Personal highlights of her time in space include performing a spacewalk (10th woman to do so), flying the robotic arm to capture the first free-flying HTV, painting a watercolor (now on display at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum), working with her international crew on science that is all about improving life on Earth, and of course the life changing view of our home planet. She is also a NASA Aquanaut. In preparation for spaceflight she was a crew member on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory.\xa0

Nicole believes that the international model of peaceful and successful cooperation we have experienced in the extreme environments of space and sea holds the key to the same kind of peaceful and successful cooperation for all of humanity here on Earth.

On her post-NASA mission, Nicole is a co-founder of the\xa0Space for Art Foundation\xa0--- uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art.\xa0

Follow Nicole and her art here: https://www.npsdiscovery.com\xa0

Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet\u2015And Our Mission to Protect It

In her book, Back to Earth,\xa0Stott imparts\xa0essential\xa0lessons\xa0in\xa0problem-solving, survival, and\xa0crisis\xa0response\xa0that\xa0each\xa0of us\xa0can\xa0practice\xa0to make\xa0change.\xa0She knows\xa0we\xa0can\xa0overcome differences\xa0to address global issues, because\xa0she\xa0saw\xa0this every day\xa0on\xa0the International Space Station.\xa0Stott shares\xa0stories from her\xa0spaceflight\xa0and\xa0insights from scientists, activists, and changemakers\xa0working to solve our greatest environmental challenges.\xa0She\xa0learns\xa0about\xa0the complexities of Earth\u2019s biodiversity from NASA engineers working to enable life in space\xa0and from scientists protecting life on Earth for future generations.\xa0Ultimately,\xa0Stott\xa0reveals how we each have the power to respect\xa0our planetary home\xa0and one another\xa0by living\xa0our lives\xa0like\xa0crewmates, not\xa0passengers,\xa0on an inspiring shared mission

GET THE BOOK: Get your copy of Back to Earth here: Back to Earth: https://www.amazon.com/Back-Earth-Planet_And-Mission-Protect/dp/1541675045\xa0

And, you can learn more about Analog Astronauts and our missions at: https://www.analog-astronaut.com/\xa0