(CNN) Coleman will spend six months on the international space station as part of a three-person crew.
Training Day for Astronaut Mom Cady Coleman
DECEMBER 28, 2009Kim Segal and John Zarrella, CNN
Preparing for that trip has been a tricky balancing act for Cady Coleman, who can spend one evening cooking dinner and picking up toys and the next preparing to orbit the Earth at 17,000 mph. Coleman splits her time between Houston, Texas and western Massachusetts, where she lives with her her husband and their 9-year-old son.
Read the story: www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/25/cady.astronaut.momFollow her adventure on this CNN blog: http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/16/counting-down-cady-meet-cady-astronaut-mom/