▲ A picture of 9/11 victim Chad Keller with his wife while he was alive is hung on the window of the space station.


The story of a NASA astronaut who took his belongings to space to fulfill the unfulfilled dream of a 9/11 victim who dreamed of becoming an astronaut is becoming a hot topic.



Christopher Cassidy is a former astronaut who has served on several important missions at NASA.



He is also a veteran of space missions, with more than 365 days spent in space.



NASA allows astronauts to take family photos or small items with them when they board the airship, and Cassidy went into space with family photos in her arms whenever she was on an important space flight mission.



However, as the years passed and he was about to complete his last mission, he suddenly thought that he wanted to make the dream of a person dreaming of space flight come true instead.



Astronaut Christopher Cassidy


Cassidy, who served in the US Navy SEAL for 10 years before becoming an astronaut, has been dispatched to the Middle East twice in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.



Cassidy recalls her military service in the Middle East during the 9/11 attacks in the past, and thought that maybe some of the 9/11 victims dreamed of becoming astronauts.



He immediately visited the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. And there, I heard the story of the victim, Chad Keller, who had a dream of flying and majored in aerospace engineering.



Chad Keller was 29 years old at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Keller, who worked as a satellite propulsion expert for the U.S. Reconnaissance Agency, was catastrophic while boarding a plane heading home after attending a meeting held at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.



The plane he was on was American Airlines Flight 77, which was used in the hijacking attack.



Hearing Mr. Keller's story, Cassidy felt the deceased's pure passion for space and wanted to go on a space mission with Mr. Keller's belongings.



He inquired about Mr. Keller's family, and contacted his father, Mr. Richard Keller.



Cassidy, who revealed that she was an astronaut on the eve of a space flight, said that she would like to go on a space flight with Chad Keller's belongings, and the bereaved family readily agreed.



Finally, Cassidy departed into space in April 2020 to perform her last mission of staying on the space station for six months. A small memorabilia from the University of Colorado where Mr. Keller attended, a picture of Mr. Keller with his wife Lisa, and some of Mr. Keller's cremated remains also accompanied Cassidy's last space flight.



Cassidy didn't forget to put a picture of Mr. Keller on the window of the space station observatory and leave a picture with the blue Earth in the distance.



Mr. Chad Keller was able to achieve his unfulfilled dream of space flight through Mr. Cassidy 20 years after his death.



Cassidy is said to have retired from NASA astronauts after successfully completing her last mission.



In an interview with a local media outlet, he said, "The world will be a better place if everyone can experience the time to look out into space."



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