LIFE

The space traveller

Guru, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 07/03/2014

» With her role at the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere is already familiar territory to Pirada Techavijit. Beyond the bounds of her daily routine to control and direct satellite activities from the ground, the 29-year-old satellite engineer will be the first Thai to travel into space. Thanks to the Axe Apollo Space Academy campaign, Pirada is one of 23 qualified contestants from almost a million astronaut-wannabes from around the world who will take off on Lynx for a suborbital spaceflight next year.