Annie Easley

Annie Easley was born in Alabama in 1933. Living in the South American states at that time meant being subjected to laws called “Jim Crow” which primarily sought to prevent African Americans from voting. In this circumstance Easley pledged to help his community pass the ridiculous test they had to undergo in order to have …

Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison was born in Alabama in 1956 and raised in Chicago. She was obsessed with space and had always known that one day she would go there. But she had noticed that amongst all astronauts there was no one who looked like her. But thanks to the Star Trek TV series, which showed different …

Alan Shepard

Mostly people remind him as the first American on the space. I honestly know him as the first person to play golf on the moon, without any participation to a “Major golf” tournament. Now I am going to sum up his life, which looks like an adventure book. He was born in New Hampshire in …

Ermenegildo Preti

Ermenegildo Preti was an italian aeronautical engineer. He was born in Milan in 1918 and, from a very young age, he showed an interest in aviation. In 1936, while he was still attending high school, he designed his first glider, the later called CVV1 “Pinguino” (Penguin).  Two years later he started studying industrial engineering at …

Samantha Cristoforetti

“La felicità mi coglie sempre di sorpresa, arriva di soppiatto, inattesa e inspiegata. Credo che maturi dentro lentamente, senza disturbare, finchè un piccolo dettaglio la fa traboccare e lei rapidamente impregna il corpo e l’anima. Oppure è sempre lì, sottopelle, giusto in attesa che le si lasci un po’ di spazio.” quote from the book …