# @thespacegal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BooyyNQh42B
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19516048-thespacegal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/501dd334aa.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-10-07T15:45:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) — https://gondola.cc/thespacegal

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That's a wrap on this year's 4th annual #StudentAstronaut contest. Farewell Russia! (For now!) 🇷🇺🚀👋🏼.
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🚀The StudentAstronaut episode concept began as a way to help students launch their career in the space industry. But today it's much more than that. It's a way for students to meet others that share their passion for science communication. It's a community of future space leaders. I'm so proud of all our StudentAstronauts and the SA finalists. I mean LOOK at that badge they created for this year (last image)!!!
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. 🚀 Lee, you've been such an incredible ambassador for this program. For those of you who don't know him - Lee Giat received his pilot's license at 17 years old, he's scuba certified, and creates his own science YouTube series The STEM🍃. He has a quirky, fun way of spreading his love for space and science, so keep your eye on him!
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🚀 A huge thanks to my producer karapearltv who made this trip happen. This was the most logistically challenging episode we've ever done and a personal favorite experience for me. From the bottom of my heart, thank you 💞
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🚀If I could have told undergrad Emily, who studied Russian for 2 years hoping it would bring her to this very place, that I would have trained like a Cosmonaut this week...well she would have ~literally~ died. Thanks to all of you who have supported me and #XplorationOuterSpace. You are constantly making my dreams come true.
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#spaceexploration #cosmonaut #astronaut #nasa #russia #russian #roscosmos #soyuz #soyuzrocket #rocket #space #cosmos #spacestation #starcity #moscow #sciencetv #scicomm

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studentastronaut, spacestation, russian, nasa, space, sciencetv, roscosmos, spaceexploration, moscow, cosmonaut, cosmos, starcity, soyuz, rocket, scicomm, russia, xplorationouterspace, astronaut, soyuzrocket

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