Space

João Lousada is a flight director at the International Space Station (ISS) and an analogue astronaut for the Austrian Space Forum, taking part in missions that simulate living conditions on the red planet. His dream of going to Mars led him to apply for ESA astronaut selection campaign.

Mirosław Hermaszewski was the first and, so far, only Polish cosmonaut in space. On 26 June 1978, he was launched into space on the Soviet spaceship Soyuz 30 at an altitude of 363 km. Now 80, the Major is still considered a national hero in Poland.

Born in Cali, Colombia, Diana Trujillo moved to the U.S.A. at seventeen with just 300 dollars in her pocket. Now, she is a successful aerospace engineer at NASA. She headed the team responsible for designing the robot arm of Perseverance rover.