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PoSSUM In The News
- December 16, 2019, The Citizen-Scientist Astronaut, Wings
- December 9, 2019, Citizen Scientists Team Up with Canadian Space Agency to Test Commercial Spacesuit, Space.com
- December 1, 2019, Meet the Colombian Teen Who Can’t Wait To Be Weightless Again, Forbes
- October 29, 2019, The Female Trailblazers Breaking Down Barriers, The Irish Examiner
- September 20, 2019, Out Astronaut and Microgravity Flight Contest Winners Announced, Space.com
- July 17, 2019, Ahmed Farid, Egyptian Scientist-Astronaut Candidate, Shares Insights On His Career Journey, Africa News
- July 13, 2019, A Future Doctor in Space – Interview with Shawna Pandya, MD, The She Ecosystem
- July 10, 2019, ASD TerraSpec Halo used in Space-Based Research, materials-talks.com
- July 1, 2019, The Out-Astronaut Project and NOGLSTP Team to Better Represent the LGBTQ Community in Science and Space, PR Newswire
- June 24, 2019, Contest Aims to Fly Openly LGBTQ+ Scientist-Astronaut in Space, Space.com
- May 26, 2019, Students Investigating ways of growing crops in space to have project tested on low gravity flight. The Irish Examiner
- March 22, 2019, Irish Secondary School Students Aim to Test Experiment in Zero Gravity, Silicon Republic
- February 6, 2019, How Richard Branson could help Norah Patten realize her dream of space travel, Belfast Telegraph
- January 26, 2019, ‘I want to get to space for myself, not anyone else’ – Mayo woman chasing her lifelong dream, The Independent
- December 20, 2018, Embry-Riddle Graduate Students Complete Microgravity Campaign with Project PoSSUM and the National Research Council of Canada, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- December 12, 2018, PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Candidates Test Novel Space Suits and Biometric Monitoring Systems in Zero-G with the National Research Council of Canada, PR Newswire
- September 13, 2018, Aspiring astronaut – QA with 2018 Horizon Award Recipient Bethany Downer, The Gazette
- September 12, 2018 – 24-year-old Aspiring Astronaut from St. John’s Inches Closer to Space, CBC.ca
- June 4, 2018, Students Complete Spacesuit Testing in Spacecraft Egress and Sea Survival Scenarios, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- August 2, 2018 – Citizen Astronautics Group Studies Noctilucent Clouds from High Performance Aircraft with the Canadian Air Force, PR Newswire
- August 07, 2018, Playing PoSSUM: Citizen Scientists Chase Space Clouds with a Canadian Forces Jet and a NASA Balloon, The Commercial Space Blog
- August 2, 2018, Citizen Astronautics Group Studies Noctilucent Clouds from High Performance Aircraft with the Canadian Air Force, PR Newswire
- June 4 2018, Students Complete Spacesuit Testing in Spacecraft Egress and Sea Survival Scenarios, ERAU Newsroom.
- May 9, 2018, A day in the life of an astronaut in training sounds pretty wild, Silicon Republic,
- April 26, 2018 Brooklyn-Built Spacesuits Splash Down in a Connecticut Pool, Inside Science
- April 15, 2018,Ready for take off: Kenyan astronaut in the making, Daily Nation
- March 18, 2018, Prototype emergency spacesuits face first splashdown tests New Atlas.
- March 9, 2018, Research Beyond the Wild Blue Yonder, ERAU Newsroom
- November 24, 2017, ‘I want to help promote diversity’: woman set to become first Irish person in Space on a mission to inspire next generation’, Irish News
- November 20, 2017, ‘Private Spacesuit Undergoes Zero-G Testing to Prepare for Commercial Flights’, Space.com
- October 20, 2017, ‘Student Leads First Pressurized, Zero-G Commercial Spacesuit Test with Project PoSSUM’ Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- October 6, 2017, ‘Mayo woman inches ever closer to becoming the first ever Irish person to go into space’, The Irish Sun
- October 2, 2017, ‘New kind of space suit being tested in Ottawa’, Toronto Metro
- September 2017, ‘In Pursuit of the Perfect Spacesuit‘, Smithsonian Air and Space
- July 10, 2017, ‘Forget Starfleet Academy—Future Astronauts Will Be Trained By These Companies’, Fast Company
- July 7, 2017, ‘Breathtaking night-shining clouds’, EarthSky.org
- June 22, 2017, ‘Students to Chase Noctilucent Clouds with Project PoSSUM’s Airborne Research Campaign’, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- May 1, 2017, ‘Project PoSSUM Graduates Twelve Scientist-Astronaut Candidates at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus’, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- December 9, 2016, ‘Students Join Project PoSSUM to Test Prototype Spacesuits in Zero-G’, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- November 4, 2016, ‘This amazing 15-year-old is determined to be the first person on Mars’, Science Alert
- November 3, 2016, Here’s What the Next Generation of Space Travellers Might Be Wearing, Vice Magazine
- September 20, 2016, ‘Space Foundation Partners with Project PoSSUM, Parabolic Arc
- September 1, 2016, ‘Reusable Rockets Set to Explore the ‘Ignorosphere‘, Discover Magazine
- August 14, 2016, ‘Boulder’s PoSSUM at forefront of exploring Earth’s upper atmosphere’, Daily Camera
- August 3, 2016, ‘TEDxMelbourne’s Surprise Speaker Is Literally Out Of This World’, Huffington Post
- May 15, 2016, “Meet the Egyptian Astronaut Candidate Enrolled in a NASA-supported Program“, Egyptian Streets
- May 4, 2016, “FFD Completes Round of Spacesuit Testing with Project PoSSUM“, Parabolic Arc
- April 29, 2016, “Docente da FCUP selecionado para o curso de Astronauta Suborbital“, University of Porto
- April 28, 2016, “Anybody Want to be an Astronaut“, Sun this Week
- April 2016, “Twenty Minutes In Space“, Avenue Edmonton
- April 9, 2016, “Southern AeroMedical Institute Partners with Project PoSSUM“, SAMI News
- April 6, 2016, “Current and Former Astronauts, Neuroscientist and Explorer to Guide Forum on Integration of Art and Science at Embry-Riddle“, Embry-Riddle Newsroom
- March 21, 2016,”Project PoSSUM Members To Continue Zero-G Testing Of Final Frontier Spacesuits“, Colorado Space News
- March 18, 2016, “Citizen-Science Astronautics Program to Explore Intersections of Art and Science“, Parabolic Arc
- January 31, 2016, “From Cleburne to the stars“, Cleburne Times-Review
- December 23, 2015, “Aiming high: UAlberta resident pursues a dream of going to space“, University of Alberta Newsroom
- December 23, 2015, “OSU student’s dream takes flight at space workshop”, West Side News
- December 2015, “Astronaut hopefuls brave bootcamp for space travel“, The Star
- December 9, 2015, “Davidson grad’s dream takes flight at space workshop“, Hilliard North News
- November 28, 2015, “Boeckman Middle School teacher has his sights set on space“, Farmington Independent
- October 8, 2015, “UofA graduate is participating in Project POSSUM Academy“, CBC News Edmonton
- September 30, 2015, “Yuricich Wins Xploration Outer Space Student Astronaut Contest“, Ohio State University News
- September 8, 2015, “The Space Show with PoSSUM Executive Director Dr. Jason Reimuller“, The Space Show
- May 21, 2015, “‘Xploration Outer Space’ and Project PoSSUM Partner for #StudentAstronaut Contest“, 21st Century Fox
- April 20, 2015, “First Egyptian Astronaut Candidate Reaches for the Stars”, Technical University of Munich
- February 25, 2015 “Project PoSSUM Graduates First Class of Scientist-Astronauts”, Parabolic Arc
- December 30, 2014 “Project PoSSUM to Hold Scientist-Astronaut Class at Embry-Riddle”,Parabolic Arc
- October 22, 2013, “The Space Show with PoSSUM Executive Director Dr. Jason Reimuller”, The Space Show
Interested in receiving an interview with a PoSSUM scientist or Scientist-Astronaut Candidate? Please write: info@projectpossum.org