Life update: I’ve joined the SpaceX medical team!!! It is an absolute honor to be working with this incredible company & help medically train & support commercial astronauts ❤️🩺
& of course I’m still working at my dream job at St. Jude, fortunate enough to be able to do both💕
Even through my battle with cancer, I smiled, persevered, and when I was cured at
@StJude
, I felt like I was on top of the world. 💛
19 years later, still smiling, I became an astronaut with
@inspiration4x
and quite literally made it to the top of the world 👩🚀🚀🌎
I want to thank everyone for all the support, encouragement, and love. And thank you to
@stjude
for being the reason I’m here today.
This is for everyone who’s ever been through something difficult, and I know we all have. Hold onto hope because there WILL be better days 💕
20 years ago today I walked in the doors of St. Jude for the first time. Thank you, St. Jude, for the past 20 years & more
My picture was hung on the wall of survivors at the hospital. I hope it shows kids who are fighting that the sky is not even the limit to what they can do❤️
Yesterday we were presented with our SpaceX astronaut wings. This beautiful symbol of our journey means everything to me! Also if it looks like I’m crying, mind your business 😉😉
Filled with awe and gratitude. Yesterday we completed two missions: our successful Inspiration4 mission to space AND we surpassed our $200 million fundraising goal for
@stjude
. Thank you to everyone who supported both missions, I am forever grateful! Can’t stop smiling!!!
Our
#Inspiration4
crew took many amazing photos in space during their three-day mission, including this out-of-this-world selfie!
Jared, Hayley, Sian, and Chris are back home on Earth, but our team is still fundraising for
@StJude
. Join that effort:
Last day of training with my amazing crew. We have loved our time at SpaceX SO much and are forever grateful to the incredible team making our flight possible 🚀❤️
PA Hayley reporting for duty 🙋🏼♀️
After nearly 8 months away due to astronaut training and ambassador work, I couldn’t be happier to be back at my dream job!!! 🥰 Supporting these brave little warriors is the biggest honor of my life
The
@SpaceX
@Inspiration4x
launch, endlessly flowing from the pad all the way to orbit.
Composite of multiple tracking telescopes using new techniques to bring out the faintest colors and finest details--in 10K resolution.
#EndlessInspiration
20 years ago today I had surgery to save my leg & life, and I have been cancer free ever since
Today I celebrated in Mallorca by walking over 9 miles, including hiking to this beautiful cove. The rod in my leg hasn’t stopped me & I’m so grateful for the journeys I’ve had with it
Sharing the zero gravity hair with
@drsianproctor
in space 🤗 Through Inspiration4 we formed such an incredible friendship! Tomorrow we are hosting a virtual event & talk all about Inspiration4 plus answering YOUR questions! It’s not too late to join!
One year ago today I got a phone call that changed my life. Out of the blue I was asked if I wanted to go to space. I said yes, and that yes has made all the difference
Ahhh the finale of Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space is now streaming on Netflix!!
Loved reliving launch week and our amazing experience in space. Can’t thank the documentary enough for giving us the gift of these memories
Happy PA week to all fellow PAs!!
I absolutely loved becoming the first PA in space and serving as the Medical Officer for Inspiration4
Being a PA has brought me so much fulfillment, growth, and absolute joy 👩🏻⚕️🩺 💕
(And to anyone considering becoming a PA — do it!!)
Here is what orbiting in real time looks like. Our spacecraft flew at 17,500 mph, circling the globe about every 90 minutes. It was beautiful to watch the swirls of clouds dance below us as we passed overhead
#inspiration4
#spacex
Made it to Cape Canaveral for launch week! We flew fighter jets into Kennedy Space Center this morning and landed on the historic runway that space shuttles landed on. So cool!!
Last night our
@inspiration4x
gala raised 2.1 million for the kids of
@StJude
by auctioning items we brought to space and because of incredibly generous donors. And we are still going!!! So thankful for everyone who had supported our fundraising effort ❤️
Two months ago today we launched into orbit, circled the globe every ~90 minutes, and took in this out-of-this-world view. I’m still pinching myself that I had this experience and forever will 🤩
Also peep the nosecone blocking us from that direct sunlight
#ShotOniPhone
I don’t have the words to truly thank everyone who has supported me this year, but here’s my on-orbit attempt ❤️
Feeling nostalgic going through my pictures and videos from space. The most incredible experience and I’ll forever feel like the luckiest person on (& off) the planet
It’s finally here!!! Check out the first two episodes of Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space
I get to relive the greatest year of my life thanks to this awesome crew,
@time
, and
@netflix
🤩😍 AND the best part is the profits from this documentary are going to
@stjude
!!!
Huge thanks to
@LauraZsArt
for painting our zero G indicator in the cupola! She’s even selling prints and giving proceeds from those sales to
@StJude
! You are amazing Laura and I love this, thank you!!
Because we hadn’t floated in 48 hours and missed it
Splashdown party was more epic than we even imagined, thanks to all who pulled it off so beautifully
One hell of a year 2021, the best year of my life. When I started the year I had no idea what was in store, and I definitely didn’t know I’d become an astronaut. This year I met the most incredible people, had experiences I never imagined possible, grew, and became even more me
The biomedical research the Inspiration4 crew has participated in continues (and will, for a while). Valuable data being collected about how short duration space missions affect the human body
Also if you look behind me you’ll see a v concerned Scarlett about my blood draw
Literally what is cooler than SPACE beer + helping kids 👽
Sam Adams donated to our fundraising effort for St. Jude and then brewed Space Craft IPA with hops we brought with us to space! 🍻 Cheers to that!
Last day of interviews in the studio!
This year I’ve done literally hundreds of interviews through
@inspiration4x
to raise funds & awareness for
@StJude
. Had the ultimate motivation carrying me through, the brave St. Jude patients. I4 has now raised over 240 million dollars🥰!
Happy Pride Month to all who celebrate and all who support 💕
I took this photo in space as we were passing over a sunset. It’s like the earth was celebrating by showing off these beautiful colors
Less than 100 women have ever gone to space. Here are five of us.
Female astronauts supporting female astronauts 💛 We all came together to support my crew member
@drsianproctor
as she was honored by her alma mater ASU for Black History Month
I am so touched by this 😭❤️ thank you
@daily_hopper
. I’m very proud to show that even flawed (and with titanium parts) your dreams can still come true
“Hey can you take a picture? That’s me on the cover!”
I can’t even say this is a dream come true because I never would have dreamed something like this would happen to me! Incredible honor 💛 thank you
@time
My worksheet from altitude chamber training. Can you tell when the hypoxia kicked in?? My O2 sat dropped to the 30s and my math skills declined as well 🤪
Unboxing my clothes I wore in space! TBH, SpaceX sent me this box 6 months ago and I just now opened it for the first time 😁 I had been worried that going through my space clothes would bring back mems & make me feel a lot of things, but seeing the clothes just made me so happy!
“It was life-changing.”
@ArceneauxHayley
, the youngest member of SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 crew and a former St. Jude patient, joins us live along with her mother, Colleen, to talk about the historic mission.
Happy Earth Day 🌎💕 Seeing the earth from space filled me with so many thoughts/emotions/revelations, but among them was a fierce desire to protect our beautiful home planet
Thrilled to share the news of my book with you all!! It will be published in September but is available for preorder today, wherever books are sold 🤗 Amazon link
I poured my heart into this memoir & share what I’ve learned along the wild ride of my life
Happy International Women’s Day! 💪🏼 When Sian and I went to space, less than 70 women had been to space. In all human existence. We need to change that number! Here’s to more and more women pushing boundaries and going further
Happy birthday to my favorite 22 year old,
@johnkrausphotos
, who is as much BFFs with my mom Colleen as he is with me. (You’re an honorary Arceneaux whether you like it or not.) Have the best day, Snap! 💛🥳
So excited for of our Inspiration4 Mission Director
@KiddPoteet
to be the Mission Pilot of Polaris Dawn!!! Kidd I can’t imagine this past year without you & I can’t wait to watch you reach the stars 🤩
The last look at our rocket before we hopped in the capsule and launched off the planet 🚀 How was that just last month!?
Crew-3 has been on my mind so much this week! Hope you are enjoying your launch week as much as we did 💕
@Astro_Raja
@AstroMarshburn
@astro_matthias