Science Fiction

Space Medicine and Art: A Chat with Star Trek’s Jess Bush and NASA Chief Medical Officer J.D. Polk

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
Redwire
December 8, 2023
Space Medicine and Art: A Chat with Star Trek’s Jess Bush and NASA Chief Medical Officer J.D. Polk
Jess Bush, who plays Nurse Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Paramount

To celebrate the successful launch of our PIL-BOX in-space pharmaceutical lab, we brought together Jess Bush, who plays Nurse Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and JD Polk, NASA’s Chief Medical Officer, to explore the collision of two worlds: space medicine and art!

In a discussion moderated by Redwire CGO Mike Gold, Jess and JD discuss their career journeys, the challenges of space medicine, and the important role of art in space.

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Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻