Nicole Stott - Artist, Astronaut.

<p>Join NASA Astronaut and Artist Nicole Stott for this episode of The Cosmic Shed.</p> <p>The first person to paint a watercolour in Space. The last person to return to Earth from the International Space Station in the Space Shuttle and now, the most recent guest on <a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com'>The Cosmic Shed podcast</a> - it's been quite a life for <a href='https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole'>Nicole Stott</a> so far.</p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole'>Nicole</a> chats to <a href='https://twitter.com/astrondrew'>Andrew</a> for this very special episode of the Cosmic Shed as America prepares to launch people to the ISS once more. Nicole talks with <a href='https://twitter.com/astrondrew'>Andrew</a> about her Space missions, her art and what we can all learn from Astronauts as we find ourselves in this unprecedented lockdown. </p> <p>Download, listen and be inspired.</p> <p> Nicole Stott on her Spacewalk outside the International Space Station</p> <p>Nicole Stott was launched to the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station'>International Space Station</a> with the crew of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-128'>STS-128</a>, participating in the a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity'>spacewalk</a> that lasted over 6 hours. When Nicole returned on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-129'>STS-129</a>, she became the last Expedition crew-member to return to Earth via the space shuttle. Nicole completed her second spaceflight on STS-133.</p> <p>One for the quiz buffs - STS stands for Space Transportation System or The Shuttle as it's more commonly known.</p> <p> Nicole Stott painted the first watercolour in Space</p> <p>Nicole served as a Flight Engineer on ISS <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_20'>Expedition 20</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_21'>Expedition 21</a> and was a Mission Specialist on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-128'>STS-128</a> and <a href='