Thus, Zitlally Balbuena will spend a week during the fall at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, along with 59 students from different countries, UNAM reported in a statement.
In addition to receiving astronaut training in neutral buoyancy (underwater astronaut trainer), as well as in a pivoting and rotating support, known as a multiaccess trainer, you will learn and solve problems related to a space mission; for this you will have access to real documents.
Balbuena Feria is originally from the State of Mexico and commented that with the experience of participating in the NASA program, she hopes that there are more women dedicated to education, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “I feel like I inspire and pave the way for them.”
Zitlally, whose name in Nahuatl is written “Citlalli” and means “Star”, She is the first student from FES Zaragoza to be selected by the North American organization.
The young woman reported that this adventure began in 2021 when she participated in the Winter Puma UNAM-Boston program, where she improved her English language skills.
It was thus that he discovered that he could do research stays in other parts of the world, after visiting universities such as Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard, Columbia; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),” he commented.