NASA Solar System Ambassador · STEAM Educator · Science Writer
Capitán Nemo
Astronomy communicator, educator, and writer under the dark skies of the Mojave Desert. Born in Madrid, raised by wonder — sharing the universe with communities across Nevada and beyond for over a decade. Bilingual outreach in English and Spanish.
On inspiration
Among the nine Muses of ancient Greece, Urania was the one who looked upward. Her name means "heavenly" — and her domain was the celestial sphere, the stars, and the mathematical harmony of the cosmos. She inspired Ptolemy, Copernicus, and through them, every person who has ever turned a telescope toward the sky.
I have always felt her presence. Not as mythology, but as something deeply human: the pull toward the sky that has no rational explanation, that began at age six when my mother pointed a telescope at Saturn and I saw the rings for the first time. That feeling never left. It became a compass.
When I stand in the Mojave Desert at 2 a.m., waiting for a telescope to cool down, or when I explain a lunar eclipse to a child who has never seen one, or when I write by lamplight about a mission to a distant world — I think of Urania. She reminds me that looking up is not escapism. It is the most human thing we do.
Artemis III · Missions
NASA officially announced the crew of Artemis III — four astronauts, including the first European assigned to an Artemis mission, who will rehearse the most complex orbital operations in recent spaceflight history.
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June 1, 2026
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May 26, 2026
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May 12, 2026
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April 29, 2026
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"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff."
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