
As well as being an engineer and retired NASA astronaut, Karen Nyberg has a passion for art, sewing and crafting. She was the first person to quilt and sew inside a spacecraft, a challenging activity in the weightless environment. In this article, find out how Nyberg’s love for science, arts and crafts, and her desire to share with others the experience of seeing the beauty of Earth from space, led her to design space-inspired fabrics for incorporating into quilts and other crafts. Published in ROOM, the Space Journal of Asgardia. Issue 35, Autumn 2024. Pages 78-82.