Hayley Arceneaux

Mar. 15, 2025

Title:Former ContributorEducation:Southeastern Louisiana University

Title:Former Contributor

Education:Southeastern Louisiana University

Hayley Arceneaux is a former contributor at PEOPLE.She shared astronaut diary entries with PEOPLE in 2021 about her training and travel for SpaceX’s Inspiration4 spaceflight.Hayley is a bone cancer survivor and has worked as a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.She wrote the books Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships (2022), Wild Ride: My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut (2023) and Astronaut Haley’s Brave Adventure (2025).

Hayley Arceneaux is a former contributor at PEOPLE. She shared astronaut diary entries with PEOPLE in 2021 about her training and travel for SpaceX’s Inspiration4 spaceflight.She survived bone cancer as a child and has worked as a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Hayley was the medical officer aboard the Inspiration4 mission — the first all-civilian one into outer space.Hayley wrote the booksWild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships(2022),Wild Ride: My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut(2023) andAstronaut Haley’s Brave Adventure(2025).

Hayley Arceneaux is a former contributor at PEOPLE. She shared astronaut diary entries with PEOPLE in 2021 about her training and travel for SpaceX’s Inspiration4 spaceflight.

She survived bone cancer as a child and has worked as a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Hayley was the medical officer aboard the Inspiration4 mission — the first all-civilian one into outer space.

Hayley wrote the booksWild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships(2022),Wild Ride: My Journey from Cancer Kid to Astronaut(2023) andAstronaut Haley’s Brave Adventure(2025).

source: people.com