Astronaut Mom Is Heading to Space After Husband's SpaceX Mission: 'The Harder Job' Is 'At Home'
Megan McArthur is set to blast off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a 21-story SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next Thursday — an out-of-this-world milestone with which her family already has some experience.As the pilot of the Crew Dragon capsule, she’ll be ferrying herself and three other astronauts in a 24-hour journey to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month scientific mission. But while there are all sorts of risks associated with blasting off on top of giant Roman candle with 1....