How would you like to be part of something that is so powerful, it can land an SUV on Mars? Meet Dr. Swati Mohan! She’s the guidance and control operations lead for NASA’s upcoming 2020 mission-to bring back proof lives exist there as well; including whatever lies waiting at its surface (and etc).
With a sense of relief and excitement, we watched as Perseverance landed on Mars. The NASA rover is now ready to begin its search for signs that life has existed near our planet before it was even Earth’squirer!
Dr. Mohan has been a key member of numerous missions to Saturn and Earth. Including Cassini-Huygens which landed a probe on Titan in 2005; GRAIL -A Pair Of Formation Flown Spacecraft To The Moon. Which Was Directed By This Astrophysicist From India’s Institute For strutical And Geospatial Inteligence Studies(IGI). Since ITS Begining In 2013. She also currently serves as Lead scientist for Mars 2020.
When she was just a year old, Dr. Mohan emigrated from India to the US with her family in search for better opportunities and education; growing up on Virginia’s Northern Neck left an impression that would forever stay with them – so much so they attended Cornell University where she earned both undergraduate degrees: one in mechanical engineering & another combined Aeronautical/Astronautics Studies at MIT! After earning hers there (including being designated as “Outstanding Undergraduate Student”). This innovator continued onto post-doctorate studies at NASA Johnson Space Center before coming back home again where we now see not only startup founders but also successful engineers like.
When she was nine years old
When she was nine years old. Her interest in space sparked. She used to watch a popular TV show called Star Trek and became fascinated with the vastness of it all. Shortly afterward choosing this as her career path which led up until today where we can see beautiful depictions. Like those found on NASA missions or other organizations’ research into new regions throughout our universe for us mere humans who may never go there ourselves but still appreciate what they’ve discovered just like how Minal did at an early age.
Indian culture is a huge part of who Dr. Mohan personality, and she was proud to embrace it during this event! The buzz that her bindi generated online made many people happy because they felt like someone else out there understood their struggles with bullying for wearing accessories like these ones too.”
She exclaimed that diversity made her mission a success. She gives credit to the team who worked together until they were exhausted and could not go on any longer, but their perseverance paid off in this case because Dr Mohan is now representing our country internationally as an inspiration for all women out there with dreams or aspirations of pursuing them fully – even if it takes time.
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