Hayley Arceneaux

Hayley Arceneaux
Hayley Arceneaux
	Arceneaux at Johnson Space Center
Born	December 4, 1991; Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Southeastern Louisiana University
Occupation	Physician assistant
Known for	Private astronaut aboard Inspiration4
Parents	Howard Arceneaux (father); Colleen Arceneaux (mother);
Relatives	Hayden Arceneaux (brother)
	Space career
Crew Dragon Astronaut; Commercial Astronaut;
Time in space	2d 23h 3m
Missions	Inspiration4

Hayley Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and commercial astronaut. She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, and successfully water-landed local-time on Saturday, September 18. Arceneaux became the first human in space with a prosthetic leg bone after surviving bone cancer. At age 29, Arceneaux was the youngest American to travel to space, surpassed a few months later by 23 year old Cameron Bess aboard Blue Origin NS-19. Arceneaux remains the youngest American to have orbited the Earth.

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