Rebecca Sohn

Rebecca Sohn

Contributing Writer

Rebecca Sohn is a freelance science writer. She writes about a variety of science, health and environmental topics, and is particularly interested in how science impacts people's lives. She has been an intern at CalMatters and STAT, as well as a science fellow at Mashable. Rebecca, a native of the Boston area, studied English literature and minored in music at Skidmore College in Upstate New York and later studied science journalism at New York University. 

Latest articles by Rebecca Sohn

NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn (at left) and Kayla Barron are seen outside of the Quest airlock at the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021.

NASA scientists consider the health risks of space travel

By Rebecca Sohn published

Space travel is risky business, but NASA scientists want astronauts to be as informed and safe as they can be.

Space Exploration
NASA and ESA are working together to discuss how to make space more diverse and inclusive.

NASA, ESA experts weigh in on diversity and inclusion in space

By Rebecca Sohn published

During a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in spaceflight, NASA and ESA experts discussed different ways they could work to become more diverse and inclusive.

Space Exploration
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov holds the record for the longest spaceflight. Polyakov spent 438 days in space, returning to Earth on March 22, 1995.

Long space missions could cause brain damage similar to concussions, study finds

By Rebecca Sohn published

Staying in space for a long time can cause brain damage, according to a new study.

Human Spaceflight
NASA offers teachers, schoolkids and their families educational resources about many agency missions, including that of its Perseverance Mars rover. This mosaic, which shows Perseverance and NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, was created by citizen scientist Seán Doran using 62 images captured by Perseverance on April 6, 2021.

NASA helps students launch into new school year with space-related educational resources

By Rebecca Sohn published

As students head back to school, NASA is ready with resources for students, teachers, and families.

Space Movies & Shows
Student winners of NASA's TechRise Student Challenge could see their experiment ideas launched on suborbital rockets built by Blue Origin (shown above), Up Aerospace and Raven Aerostar.

NASA challenges students to dream up experiments for suborbital rocket launches

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NASA is looking for student teams to enter its TechRise Student Challenge, which tasks students in grades six through 12 with designing experiments to launch on a suborbital spaceflight.

Launches & Spacecraft
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