The next chapter in her life could take her to the International Space Station, and even the moon. “I grew up watching the International Space Station being built,” Spies told The San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday during a call from Johnson Space Center in Houston. The mission is incredible.”Much of her enthusiasm for flight was instilled by her late father, Harry Spies, a former Marine fighter pilot who took her to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and other fields for aerial shows. She eventually ended her active service but is still in the Marine Corps Reserves. “Down here at Johnson Space Center, I’m excited to learn the language of human space flight.”