NASA astronaut Jessica Meir poses with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during an official portrait session at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir sits for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 23, 2025. This photo was chosen as one of the 2025 NASA
Jessica Meir shares look at the Milky Way starting over the Southern Ocean (between Australia and Antarctica), complete with some aurora (Southern Lights) and fleeting Starlink satellites.
**Jessica Meir:** Did you know that the Milky Way is even milkier when viewed from the Southern Hemisphere? This is because from the southern side of our planet, we get a clearer, more direct view of the dense galactic core.…
