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ROOKIERetiredSPXSpaceX·🇺🇸 United States·Born 1991
Hayley Arceneaux
Youngest American in orbit and first person with a prosthetic body part in space.
72h
Hours in Space
1
Missions
0
EVAs
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EVA Time
As long as you keep saying yes, everything is possible.
What they aspire to
She hopes to show that survivors of childhood cancer — and people with prostheses — can do anything, including fly to space.
Biography
Youngest American in orbit and first person with a prosthetic body part in space. Childhood bone cancer survivor and physician assistant at St. Jude.
Before NASAPediatric physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, where she worked with leukemia and lymphoma patients after surviving osteosarcoma there as a child.
Notable Missions
Inspiration4
Beyond the Mission
Hobbies & Interests
travelingrunningscuba diving
Causes They Champion
St. Jude Children's Research HospitalPediatric cancer awarenessDisability inclusion in spaceflight
Languages
EnglishSpanish
Awards & Honors
- Christopher Award (for Wild Ride)
- Time 100 Next list (2022)
Authored
- Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships(2022)
Fun fact
She is the first person with a prosthetic body part — a titanium rod from her childhood cancer surgery — to fly to space, and was the youngest American to orbit Earth at the time.
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