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  • Visible Together: An AANHPI Conversation with NASA

    Visible Together: An AANHPI Conversation with NASA

    NASA’s Jonny Kim and Anita Dey sit down with historian Brian Odom to discuss how NASA is making the Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community visible to the world, Kim’s experience with the space program growing up, and the impact of cultural stereotypes.

    In addition to being an astronaut, Jonny Kim is also a Harvard-trained physician and U.S. Navy SEAL. Anita Dey serves as a strategic partnerships manager in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

    Learn more about our diverse workforce: http://nasa.gov/faces-of-nasa

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    Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Visible%20Together-An%20AANHPI%20Conversation%20with%20NASA

  • What’s on the Menu? Food and Culture on the Space Station

    What’s on the Menu? Food and Culture on the Space Station

    In honor of Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, learn about the intersection of food and culture in space from NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams, whose father immigrated to the U.S. from India, and International Space Station (ISS) food scientist/system manager Xulei Wu, a first-generation Asian American born in China.

    Hear their stories about cultural representation in space, the importance of food in Indian and Chinese cultures, and the inclusive standard menu aboard the ISS. What’s one dish you would like to see aboard? Drop your suggestion in the comments below!

    Producer/Editor: Lacey Young
    Art Director: Mark Hailey
    Music: Universal Production Music

    Credit: NASA