Amazing Asians @amazingasians
Hi, I'm Ubon Chaiwong. As a thirty-year-old woman, I've always been fascinated by space and everything that comes with it. Growing up in Thailand, I was inspired by the work of my country's first astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel Kamolrat Wattanavarangkoon who became the first Asian to go to space aboard the Soviet Union's Soyuz 31 mission in 1980. Ever since then, I knew that I wanted to be an astronaut too.
After studying aeronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I was accepted into NASA's astronaut program and have been training for years now. It's been a long journey, but it's finally paying off as I prepare for my first mission on the International Space Station.
I'm so excited to explore space and all its wonders, and I hope that this experience will inspire more people, especially young girls like me, to pursue their dreams no matter how big they may seem.
