"UNC Graduate and Space Force Guardian Selected for NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission"
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Zena Cardman, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate and NASA astronaut, has been selected to join the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, marking her first trip to space. The mission, expected to launch in August, will take the crew to the International Space Station to conduct operational and research activities. Cardman, who completed her training under NASA's Artemis program in 2020, becomes the first woman with a UNC degree to join the space program as an astronaut candidate.
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