User:Megalibrarygirl/Camille Wardrop Alleyne

Camille Wardrop Alleyne is an aerospace engineer and aviator from Trinidad who has worked for NASA.

Biography

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Alleyne grew up in Valsayn Park and attended the Polytechnic Institute in Port of Spain.[1] Alleyne began studying aeronautical engineering and had chosen to go into the field because she was good at math and science.[1] When the Challenger Accident happened, Alleyne decided she wanted to work for NASA.[1] Alleyne

Alleyne also holds a private pilot's license.[2]

http://www.niherst.gov.tt/icons/women-in-science/camille-wardrop-alleyne.html

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/In-this-mission-NASA-offers-worldly-advice-6829566.php

http://www.airspacemag.com/space/space-station-outreach-180960361/

https://thecaribbeancurrent.com/camille-alleyne-a-trinidadian-astronaut-on-two-missions/

http://www.guardian.co.tt/womanwise/2011/08/22/where-no-trini-has-gone

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/candidates/nasa19/english/alleyne_camille.htm

https://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/mobi.aspx?pageid=143

References

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  1. ^ a b c Matroo, Carol (14 August 2011). "Dreaming of a walk in space". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. ^ Andrews, Erline (2015). "Another Giant Leap: Camille Wardrop-Alleyne". Caribbean Beat (133).
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