In yet another example of an Indian daughter making her nation proud, 19-year-old Jahnavi Dangeti became the first Indian to receive space training at NASA JPL.
To put her achievement in context, Jahnavi was one of 20 or so young achievers from around the world who were chosen from this program by the IASP. IASP stands for International Air and Space Program for the uninitiated.
At the Kennady Space Center, she recently underwent Nasa Launch Operations. Her performance is rendered much more remarkable by the fact that she was named mission director for her crew. She is an aspiring astronaut and a second-year engineering student from Andhra Pradesh.
Jahnavi Dangeti, a second-year engineering student from the West Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh, recently completed NASA’s International Air and Space Program (IASP) at the Kennedy Space Center in Alabama. She is the first Indian woman to accomplish this feat.
The mysteries of space have always captivated this youngster. Her grandmother’s bedtime stories about space and planets piqued her interest in space science and research. She was selected from a group of 20 kids from around the world to participate in zero-gravity training, multi-access training, and an underwater rocket launch. She has also completed open water scuba diving training in a variety of countries and is a licensed open water diver internationally.
After winning a scholarship from a Mexican corporation, she was able to join the IASP program. According to the official NASA website, “IASP performs flight-oriented, system-level research and technology development to efficiently mature and transition breakthrough aeronautic technologies into future air vehicles and operational systems.”
