Astronaut Haley shares her brave adventure, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Al-Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

From Ivy Drips to rocket ships, Haley Arsenault has been on a journey.

She joins us today to talk about her memoir, Wild Ride, and her newly released

kids' book, Astronaut Haley's Brave Adventure, both of which tell the stories of her experiences with childhood cancer

and how that set the stage for her journey to space aboard SpaceX's Inspiration Formation.

Then our chief scientist, Bruce Betz, joins me for an exploration of the G-Forces experienced

during astronaut training in What's Up.

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you'll never miss an episode filled with new and awe-inspiring ways to know the cosmos and our place within it. Haley Arsenault is someone that I've wanted to speak with for years. Both because

the Inspiration for Mission did what it meant to do. It inspired me, but also because I really

value anyone who can go through really difficult things in life and come out the other end,

holding on to their hope. Haley Arsenault is the author of Wild Ride, a memoir of Ivy Drips and

Rocket Ships, and her new kids book, Astronaut Haley's Brave Adventure, which was released

on February 18, 2025. Haley is a physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

St. Jude specializes in treating some of the most challenging cases of childhood cancer and other

life-threatening diseases. Working at St. Jude has been Haley's dream since she was 10 years old.

After receiving life-saving treatment for pediatric bone cancer at St. Jude as a child,

Haley committed her life to achieving her dream.

Neither grueling math homework nor painful prosthetic limb replacement could stop her.

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