Abie Harvey

What do you do/what is your background?

Abie is a Spacecraft Systems engineer. In this role, she has worked on a range of missions, including a European Space Agency study for a lunar communication and navigation service - think GPS and streaming around the moon! Abie works on space mission design and is responsible for ensuring each of the components of the spacecraft and wider system fit, and work together seamlessly. She has recently graduated from Durham University where she studied Physics and Maths, and completed her MSci dissertation in Cosmology (Theoretical Astrophysics).

What are your aims as an ambassador?

With the NASA Artemis programme looking to put the first woman and person of colour on the moon, right now is a very exciting time for underrepresented groups in Space, and Abie would like to leverage these examples and her own experiences to help inspire a new generation of girls and young women to get excited about space and spread greater understanding of the many ways space influences our day-to-day activities and can improve our life on Earth. Abie wants to help girls to understand the variety of roles in space and understand the skills we can all learn from one of the greatest human endeavours.

Facts about me:

• I’ve been a member of Girlguiding since I joined Rainbows and now am a Brownie leader in Kent West and Surrey West
• I love to travel and explore, some personal highlights from recent adventures include; scuba diving with octopi and competing in sailing races around the islands of Greece, searching for wild orangutan whilst hiking through the rainforests of Borneo, watching the Northern lights in Iceland and driving a Tuk Tuk through the countryside of Thailand
• I enjoy adventure, camping and getting outside whether that be rock climbing, paddle boarding or hiking!