From Leicester’s space toilet exhibit to leading Europe’s Mars studies at ESA
TL;DR
A 14-year-old who asked NASA for a work placement ended up cleaning a space toilet at Leicester’s National Space Centre. Now Claire Parfitt is the Mars Exploration Study Lead at the European Space Agency, coordinating international efforts through the International Mars Exploration Working Group and shaping studies and technology for future crewed Mars missions, including the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.
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- A 14-year-old who applied to NASA, was rejected, and ended up cleaning a space toilet on work experience in Leicester now leads Mars exploration studies at the European Space Agency Space Daily
- Scientist who cleaned space toilet on work experience now leading Mars exploration teams BBC
- Scientist, who now leads Mars exploration teams, cleaned space toilet at age of 14 | She worked on ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover | Inshorts Inshorts
- Rejected by NASA at 14, she took a work placement cleaning a space toilet instead; today, she is leading Mars exploration teams The Times of India
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