posted 04-21-2021 03:18 PM               

The emblem, in decal form, is being given out this week to UCSD students.

posted 02-10-2026 08:01 PM               

From the sea to the stars...

NASA astronaut and UC San Diego alum Jessica Meir is embarking on her second journey to the International Space Station this week to serve as spacecraft commander for NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission! During the long-duration science expedition, she will live and work aboard an orbiting laboratory nearly 250 miles above Earth.

How cool is it that this out-of-this-world astronaut has UC San Diego roots?! While a graduate student in the marine biology program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Meir researched the physiology of deep-diving animals. A trained scientific diver, she studied Antarctic emperor penguins both above and below the ice during four research expeditions to the remote, icy continent.

You can stop by the UC San Diego Bookstore to pick up one of our custom mission stickers at checkout.