KARACHI – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hasselected a 12-year-old Pakistani student for its internship programme.According to details, Raadeyah Aamir, an 8th-grade student, will beattending NASA’s one-week internship programme.
Raadeyah Aamir is a student of British Overseas school in Karachi. She willbe leaving for NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre today to attend the internshipprogram.
The internship programme includes training for next-generation of spaceexplorers in Astronaut Training Experience. Not only that, but Raadeyahwill m also get a chance to land walk and drive on Mars through virtual andmotion simulation, and conduct a spacewalk in a microgravity experience.
The programme will also provide her with the opportunity to live and workon Mars for the day at the center’s Mars Base. She will be working to solvebase emergencies, program robots to optimize solar energy and sustain lifein the botany lab, amongst other exciting things.
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The young Pakistani student said that it was her ambition to go to NASA andwave the flag of Pakistan. Sharing her happiness with the media, the youngambitious girl said that “I am very much interested in space explorationand glittering stars in the galaxy. I want my country people to pray for mysuccess in this regard”.
