Fernndez Maueco receives the two astronauts from Leon selected by ESA at the Board’s headquarters
The President of the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Maueco, received the two Spanish astronauts recently selected by the European Space Agency (ESA), Pablo Álvarez and Sara García, at the Presidency headquarters in Valladolid.
VALLADOLID, 16 (EUROPA PRESS)
The President of the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Maueco, received the two Spanish astronauts recently selected by the European Space Agency (ESA), Pablo Álvarez and Sara García, at the Presidency headquarters in Valladolid.
The Spaniards Pablo Álvarez Fernández and Sara García Alonso were selected last November among 17 astronaut candidates from the open call last year, the first in 13 years.
lvarez Fernndez (1988), a native of León, is a space engineer and is currently an industrial manager at the Airbus headquarters in Getafe. In the presentation of those selected, the Spanish engineer declared that he felt like a “European at heart” since he has worked in several countries on the continent.
For his part, García Alonso (1989) has a master’s degree in biotechnology and a cancer researcher and is also from León. She works at the CNIO (National Center for Cancer Research) in Madrid.
