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Megha Wijewardane
Megha Mahima Wijewardane is a Sri Lankan Australians, Sri Lankan-Australian Space and Aviation activist, and the youngest ambassador for NASA's OSIRIS-REx, OSIRIS-Rex mission representing Australia since 2018. Megha had a passion for Physics since a remarkably young age. In 2017, when he was 7 years old, he participated in the 2017 NASA Space Apps challenge and did a presentation on the atmosphere of Earth. There, he won the Northrop Grumman Prize by competing with university students and Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineers. In 2018, Megha participated in NASA's Space Apps challenge. He worked on a solution for the 101955 Bennu, Bennu asteroid which is at risk of colliding with Earth in the future. For that, he had the opportunity to do some research on 101955 Bennu, Bennu and NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. After that, in 2018, he participated in the ActInSpace challenge. In that challenge, he became the youngest team leader and youngest entrepreneur in Australia to start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna, with the name referring to the area of the city centre and surrounding Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands, in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
