Jessica Gagen proved she has brains as well as beauty after graduating as a rocket scientist in the summer
A beauty queen from Lancashire will take one small step towards fulfilling her dream of being an astronaut after landing a major role with NASA.
Later this month she will be one of the keynote speakers at a conference organised by the International Space Station. She will also be given a VIP tour of the Kennedy Space Centre and help count down the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9.The rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Jessica, from Skelmersdale, said: “This trip is everything an aerospace engineer could have ever dreamed of, I feel incredibly blessed.
Jessica became the first redhead winner of the prestigious beauty pageant last October and is now one of the favourites to win Miss World. She added: “Every contestant at Miss World has a beauty with a purpose project which she aims to use her platform to promote. “Aside from this I’m super interested starting a career concerning all things new technology - and would jump at the chance to go to space if offered the opportunity." Jessica will be guest of honour at the ASCEND Space Conference being held in Las Vegas on October 23-25.
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