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Caribou woman to launch to International Space Station

Jessica Meir will be launched to the International Space Station in September.

CARIBOU, Maine — A woman from Caribou is about to have the opportunity of a lifetime: to travel to the International Space Station. 

Jessica Meir, a Caribou native who graduated from Caribou High School in 1995, will be launched to the International Space Station in September.

Meir told NEWS CENTER Maine at age 5 that she wanted to be an astronaut, and about her other fulfilling career as a biologist. 

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In a release from NASA, Meir is expected to return in spring 2020.

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According to NASA, Meir has a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University, a master's degree in space studies from International Space University, and a doctorate in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

This will be Meir's first spaceflight.

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