NASA engineer Carlos García Galán brings the space race closer to the ETSI

The Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville will host on October 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., a conference by the Spanish engineer at NASA, Carlos García Galán , in which he will narrate the advances and progress that Artemis I Mission has meant for the space race

50 years after humans set foot on the Moon for the last time aboard Apollo 17, on November 16, 2022, engineers and scientists members of NASA's Artemis I Mission managed to make a visit with the purpose of continuing to advance in which will be the next challenge: converting this natural satellite into the technological test platform to reach the next objective in the space race, Mars.

Carlos García Galán is the Head of the Integration Office of the European Service Module (ESM) of the Orion spacecraft at the NASA Glenn Research Center, which circumnavigated the Moon for 26 days. He has also been involved in other facets of the design and integration of the Orion spacecraft and Artemis missions.

During the Artemis I mission, he led the Orion engineering team that supported all operations from launch to return to Earth.

García Galán is currently visiting all the European countries participating in Artemis I to share the results and explain what NASA's next steps will be. This meeting with the ETSi students has been organized by the Ellas Vuelan Alto Association (EVA), whose main objective is to make female talent visible in the aerospace sector. After his conference, a round table will begin in which top-level professionals will participate:

Jim Geffer. Responsible for Vehicle Integration of the Orion spacecraft – NASA.
Juana Martínez Heredia. Researcher at the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville.
Silvia De los Santos Trigo . Head of Aerospace Sector at CTA and Technical Assistance Presidency Seville City Ariane.
Sonia Fereres . Researcher at the Joint Research Center – European Commission.

Andrés Sáez Pérez , director of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville, will be in charge of opening this debate and welcoming attendees.

For her part, Irene Rivera , head of EVA Space, will lead the debate with these engineers who are laying the foundations for the new manned mission to the Moon and the human presence on Mars.

If you want to attend this event, register at this link.

The conference will be broadcast by TVUS through this link.

This conference is part of the program of activities on the occasion of World Space Week, which will be held from October 4 to 10, 2023.