Vinita Marwaha Madill is a space engineer and Founder of Rocket Women. She studied Mathematics and Physics with Astrophysics at King’s College London and went on to gain a master’s degrees in Space Management from the International Space University (ISU) and in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University, UK.
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Vinita is currently a Project Manager and Business Development Lead at Mission Control Space Services in Canada, focused on lunar exploration missions and leading space health initiatives. Vinita was previously based at the European Space Agency (ESA) (as a contractor via TERMA B.V.) focusing on human spaceflight operations for future projects, including the European Robotic Arm to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS). Vinita has worked at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and ESA on International Space Station (ISS) operations and spacesuit design. At the German Aerospace Centre, she guided astronauts through experiments and wrote astronaut procedures in Germany's version of Mission Control. At ESA's European Astronaut Centre, Vinita helped design the SkinSuit and conducted a study on future spacesuit design for lunar exploration.
Vinita is an advocate for STEM outreach, founding the platform Rocket Women (www.rocket-women.com) that aims to inspire women to study STEM and consider a career in the space industry. Rocket Women has been featured in the media including BBC, Stylist Magazine, She The People, Fast Company and The Telegraph. Based in Canada, Vinita led an Intelligent Transportation Systems team as an Engineering Manager and took part in a focused round table discussion with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, highlighting the importance of education. She was mentioned in ELLE magazine’s feature on '12 Genius Young Women Shaping The Future'.
Her talk about Space engineering and Rocket Women will take place on 25th March 2021 at 3:15pm GMT.