Interview: Spaceflight entrepreneur Mishaal Ashemimry
We speak with Mishaal Ashemimry, a spaceflight engineer working to promote women in the Saudi space programme and beyond.
Star Diary · BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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Show Notes
Mishaal Ashemimry started her own aerospace company at the age of 26, aiming to build the space industry in her home nation of Saudi Arabia. Now she works as a special adviser to the Saudi Space Commission, who recently sent their first female astronaut into space on board the Axiom-2 mission. She is a keen promoter of women in the space industry, and is the President for diversity initiatives at the International Aeronautical Federation (IAF).
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