Marshburn, a 64-year-old former NASA astronaut, completed 337 days in space, including five challenging spacewalks. He fell in love with space during high school, pursued a physics major and a graduate degree in engineering, and later trained in emergency medicine. His journey to NASA involved applying for flight surgeon roles in 1994, focusing on technical expertise and effective communication among various skills. After his time with NASA, he now holds a vice president position at Sierra Space.
Stepping out of the hatch, there was just this wide universe ahead of me and Earth 250 miles below. The spacewalks were daunting - some would say terrifying - but I felt privileged to be able to do them.
I fell in love with space in high school. I majored in physics at college, and got a graduate degree in engineering. I dreamed of working with NASA building spaceships.
NASA looks for people with technical expertise in something, a wide skill set, and the ability to communicate well on both technical and non-technical topics.
When I applied in 1994, I looked at what accepted astronauts had done, made a list of what resonated, and started checking off the boxes.
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