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Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Serena Auñón-Chancellor came to the Johnson Space Center in 2006, employed as a Flight Surgeon under the UTMB/Wyle Bioastronautics contract. She spent more than nine months in Russia supporting medical operations for International Space Station (ISS) crew members in Star City, including water survival training in the Ukraine. She also served as the Deputy Crew Surgeon for the Shuttle mission, STS-127 and has also held the role of Deputy Lead for Orion – Medical Operations.
Dr. Auñón-Chancellor was selected in July 2009 as one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class. During her training period, she completed multiple scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in space station systems, spacewalks, robotics, physiological training, and over 500 hours in the T-38 training jet. She has served in the ISS Operations branch handing medical issues and the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) branch as a lead CAPCOM for multiple commercial cargo resupply missions. In January of 2017, she began an international training regimen for launch on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Kazakhstan for a 6-month trip to the ISS. Her crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 06 June 2018 and landed 20 December 2018 spending 197 days on orbit. During her time on both Expedition 56 and 57, her crew completed over 150 different experiments in multiple fields including: biology & biotechnology, cancer, Parkinson and Alzheimer research, materials science, nuclear physics, physical sciences, and Earth science. They also completed successful robotic capture operations for four visiting commercial vehicles bringing critical cargo to the ISS.
All the lectures will be held at East Baton Rouge Main Library, Teen Meeting Room, 7711 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge 70806.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ravi Rau • LSU Physics and Astronomy • 225-578-6841 • [email protected]Â
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