Finally, the countdown ended and the dream of a lifetime was fulfilled. At about 9:40 am, the teacher Ponceña Aymette Medina Jorge He made history by becoming this Saturday in the first Hispanic educator to travel to space through a commercial vehicle.
Medina Jorge departed from the vast plains of western Texas aboard the New Shepard ship as part of The company NS-32 Blue Origin.
But the educator was not alone, but five other people accompanied her on this journey, in which she also brought the hope of a new generation of scientists and dreamers.
And it is that the presence of the Puerto Rican was even latent in the emblem of the mission that collects some symbols in search of representing its crew.
In the case of Medina Jorge, the microchip, the gears and the symbols of Pi They symbolize their commitment to raising the Hispanic representation in the fields of Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Medina Jorge’s ticket was sponsored by the Mexican company Similar pharmaciesafter 2023 was one of the prize containers Trailblazing Stem Educator Award granted by him Challenger Center and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA).
The aerospace company founded by the creator of the Internet sales giant Amazon, Jeff Bezosannounced, last week, the crew for mission NS-32.
On board New Shepard, the radiologist and explorer will also travel Gretchen Green; The former Panama ex -ambassador to the United States Jaime German; The Canadian businessman Jesse Williams; The aerospace executive Mark Rocket; and the real estate expert Paul Jeris.