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Her unique experiences of development in spacecraft life support technology and training in microbiology has provided Monsi with a special perspective when it comes to engineering design and performance. Due to this unique outlook, this made her qualified for the position as project manager for the
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Challenger Learning Centers and at the agency's Educator Resources Center in Huntsville. Every summer, she mentors a student who works by her side as an intern at the MSFC.
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group of the microbes, since crewmembers, visitors, experiments and hardware hail from 15 Station partner countries and comes with his or her own unique set of microbes.
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