18 March 2025, 7-8.30pm
Webinar
Venue: Microsoft Teams
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The RCM is delighted to host this webinar with the European Space Agency as part of itās leadership webinar series. What can we learn about teamwork, safety and collaboration.
In this webinar you will hear about global teamwork (and shift work) in mission control, European Astronaut Centre operations, continuity of care for astronauts over a long-duration mission spanning years of preparation, on-orbit spaceflight plus post-flight recovery. Andrea will talk about parallels in a similarly busy, high pressure and safety focussed medical ward, both with 24/7 continuous, dynamic operations. Uniquely, both of Andreaās parents were registered nurses, midwives and IBCLCs.
Andrea Boyd, Deputy of Astronaut Operations, European Space Agency
Andrea works at the European Astronaut Centre as a Flight Controller for the International Space Station. She studied Mechatronic Engineering in Australia and specialised in robotics in South Korea. She worked for many years in Automation and underground Mining in the remote desert then joined the ISS Flight Control Team in 2011, certified as a Flight Operations Engineer for payload control, biomedical and crew operations. Andreaās projects together with the ISS have included spacefood, augmented reality, retinal diagnostics, NEEMO underwater astronaut missions in and supporting crew launches and landings from both Baikonur Cosmodrome and Cape Canaveral.
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