Nicole Stott of Space for Art Foundation

Biography:

Nicole Stott is an Aeronautical Engineer that grew up in Clearwater Florida. She is a veteran NASA Astronaut with 104 days in space as a crewmember on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Highlights of her time in space include performing a spacewalk, flying the robotic arm to capture the first Japanese cargo ship, working with her international crew in support of the     multi-disciplinary science onboard the orbiting laboratory, painting a watercolor in space (now on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum), and of course the life-changing view of our home planet. In preparation for spaceflight, she also became a NASA Aquanaut as a crewmember on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory. She is co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation — uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art. She has combined all of her experiences in a book titled Back to Earth What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To  Protect It. She 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.