Jessica Meir Was Born in Maine on July 15, 1977. Physiologist and Harvard Professor Who Was Accepted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa)’S Astronaut Program in 2013. Before Becoming an Astronaut, She Worked as a Nasa Extreme Environment Mission Operations (Neemo) Aquanaut. Fellow Astronaut Thomas Marshburn Also Began His Nasa Career as a Neemo Aquanaut. After Earning a Master’s Degree from France’s International Space University, She Received a Ph. D. in Physiology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California.