Students from Chihuahua develop material to be tested by NASA and Space X

JUAREZ, CHIH - A 28 year old woman from Juarez has developed, along with her team, a material that will be sent by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to outer space for six months to undergo different tests to see if it can be used for the manufacture of aircraft, vehicles or exploration robots.

Nadia Zenteno, Jonathan Cruz and their team, MaTXSpace, found a material alloy that adapts to outer space conditions and can be used to build satellite infrastructure, aerospace exploration equipment and lunar ground operations.

Their project will be tested during these six months on the International Space Station (ISS) with the approval of NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX.

After winning first place in the International Air and Space Program in Houston, Nadia and her team were selected to develop a mechanism that will innovate at an international level the work with lunar regolith, which will be launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the ISS on October 30.

The young woman was also invited to present her research at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024), which will be held from October 14 to 18, 2024 in Milan, Italy, so that, through the different state agencies, the necessary actions will be taken to ensure her participation is successful, as well as her subsequent linkage.

“This is a great opportunity, not only for the future, not only for me, I think of the next generations that will follow me and the next Chihuahua women, who I know will be very proud of what will be achieved from now on and with your help,” said Nadia.