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Lebanese Aerospace Engineer Works With NASA On “Life on Mars” Experiment
A fantastic source of pride for Lebanon, Maya Nasr is a Lebanese aerospace engineer who has been working with NASA for two years now.
Originally hailing from the Chouf town of Kfarfakoud, Nasr studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and began working with NASA shortly thereafter. Nasr graduated from the Shouf National College in Baakline before getting accepted into the “Competitive College Club” program and getting an acceptance from MIT by the time she was 16.
The current project she is working on with NASA is called MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In utilization Experiment) which aims to look for life on Mars and assess it’s habitability.
Nasr is currently working to obtain get Ph.D. These are the types of stories we love to share. Kudos to Nasr and all Lebanese success stories around the world!
Learn about my MOXIE research and meet our wonderful team! I still can’t believe that this is really happening, but we’re going to Mars, TOMORROW! NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover will be launching Thursday July 30 at 7:50AM EST.#CountdowntoMars #NASA #MOXIE #Mars2020 #ThisisMIT https://t.co/LYCf163kt1
— Maya Nasr (@MayaNasr2) July 29, 2020
Originally hailing from the Chouf town of Kfarfakoud, Nasr studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and began working with NASA shortly thereafter. Nasr graduated from the Shouf National College in Baakline before getting accepted into the “Competitive College Club” program and getting an acceptance from MIT by the time she was 16.
With Perseverance and a little MOXIE, MIT is going to Mars! Among the researchers is Maya Nasr ’18, AeroAstro PhD student, who has been on the team since 2016 performing a MOXIE. Full article here https://t.co/3t5SMhLIga pic.twitter.com/L23tyifHzi
— MIT Arab Alumni (@MITArabAlum) August 2, 2020
The current project she is working on with NASA is called MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In utilization Experiment) which aims to look for life on Mars and assess it’s habitability.
With support from #AMIDEAST‘s DKSSF program, Lebanese aerospace engineer and PhD candidate at @MIT Maya Nasr has come far: from the mountains of #Lebanon to working on @NASA research projects and preparing to send her work into space: https://t.co/nvqoGrK6UM @AMIDEASTLebanon pic.twitter.com/pO9RgW2oRi
— AMIDEAST (@AMIDEASThq) September 28, 2020
Nasr is currently working to obtain get Ph.D. These are the types of stories we love to share. Kudos to Nasr and all Lebanese success stories around the world!
