), 34, of Jupiter, Florida, is one of the first 100 women to travel into space. She was part of a research mission in 2023, and now she's going viral for the truly heartwarming way her family celebrated the news that she's headed back into the stars for a second assignment.On TikTok, Kellie shared a video with the text,"POV: the women in your family throw career showers with the same energy as a baby & bridal showers.
She continued, saying,"Baby showers and bridal showers are beautiful, but I've also loved the Garden Shower we threw for my mom becoming a Master Gardener and the recent Space Shower my mom threw for me following the announcement of my second spaceflight assignment. It makes me so happy to see how powerfully the tradition resonated with people when I shared our recent video on social media. I hope it starts a tradition of many more career showers...
Kellie also shared how having her daughter has impacted the way she thinks about achieving her dreams."When you have big career dreams and you also want a family, I don’t know that there’s ever a mythical 'right time' — it’s all a balancing act. But I didn’t lose my identity with pregnancy. Becoming Delta’s mom made my dreams burn brighter, and my sense of purpose grow so much deeper.
Finally, Kellie shared what it means to her to be one of the first 100 women to travel outside of the Earth's atmosphere."I'm always amazed by the reality of how much can change in a single generation. When my mom was born, human beings hadn't yet been to space. And when she was growing up, women weren't eligible. Just one generation later, she watched her daughter reach the stars and watched her granddaughter take it for granted.