Meet the crew of Mission 6. Part 3

Anamika

Anamika was born in India, and she is an international student at UND, Space Studies Department. She is a second-year masters student with a concentration in Space Engineering. She completed her undergraduate degree in the field of Computer Science and Engineering from JECRC, Jaipur. After graduating, she worked as a Software Engineer for about 5 years in Bigdata domain before coming to UND. Mission VI is a 14-day mission where the crew is conducting 7 EVAs and gathering data for 14 different experiments. The Plant Production module experiments include the use of amended Martian regolith (biomass waste compost from a previous mission) to simulate In Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU) to study plant growth. This is her first mission inside the ILMAH and she is very excited to be a part of it. For this mission, Anamika is overseeing the engineering operations of the habitat and taking care of the Plant Production experiments. She is working on automation and monitoring of the Plant Production module for future long-duration missions to Mars and beyond. She enjoys traveling, reading books, painting and watching space movies in her spare time. Anamika looks forward to pursuing her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and working in the space industry in her future career. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the mission feel free to email her at AnamikaATund.edu