Noelia González
Early Life
Noelia González is from Uruguay. She studied communication and journalism at the University of Montevideo, the country's capital. While she was a student, she worked as a reporter for local news. Noelia later moved to the USA to study more. She earned a Master's degree in Journalism at the University of California, earning three scholarships for her work.
Research Areas: Journalism, Communication
"I was and I am in awe of everything we can see in the sky, our very own, magnificent window to the Universe."
Rosa Avalos-Warren
Early Life
Rosa Avalos-Warren was born in Lima, Peru. In school, she showed a strong passion for learning, and she especially liked maths. In 2003, she watched the tragic return of the space shuttle Columbia. On re-entry to Earth, the shuttle broke apart, and all 7 of the astronauts died. After seeing this, Rosa decided she wanted to work for NASA to make sure this type of thing couldn't happen again. She did so well at school that she earned a scholarship to Virginia Tech in the USA. Here, she got a degree in aerospace engineering.
Year born: ~1989
Research Areas: Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Human Spaceflight
"To be bold, to work hard for the benefit of humanity, and to be prepared to explore the unknown."
Helen Sharman
Buzz Aldrin
Sheila Kanani
Early Life
Sheila was born in London. Her parents were scientists, but they did not study physics. Sheila was first interested in physics because she wanted to be an astronaut! She graduated in physics with astrophysics at the University of Manchester in 2006. In 2012 she received a doctorate (PhD) in planetary physics from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Her research focussed on analysing the magnetic fields of Saturn using data from the Cassini spacecraft
Year born: 1983
Research Areas: Saturn, Planetary Science, Education, Cassini mission