Colombian teenager and aspiring astronaut Ivanna Hernandez was briefly weightless as she experienced microgravity on a parabolic flight of Canada's National Research Council:
Hernandez, 16, lives in Santa Marta on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, but the eyes of this aspiring astronaut have been firmly fixed on the stars ever since she caught Carl Sagan’s“The first time I saw Cosmos, I couldn't help being fascinated with its beautiful images, explanations and stories about the universe and the people who have dedicated themselves to studying it,” she said, “It was like love at first sight, I was soon full of emotion every time the program started and then I was...
“I am very proud to be the winner of the first PoSSUM 13 International Microgravity Flight Challenge and to be part of the first team made up only of women in the history of the microgravity challange of Project Possum,” she said, “Floating in microgravity feels exactly like falling into a vacuum and when you've been floating for a few seconds it's like being in the water, but without the resistance it gives you.”...
“Because of this, my goal is to be able to inspire more young people to enter the STEAM world through each of my experiences and achievements –if you want to fly high, you must dream big!”, she said,
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