Tennessee State University undergraduate LaTasha Taylor was the first MIAC student to be accepted for an international astrobiology internship. In the summer of 2003, under the direction of lead engineer Javier Gomez-Elvira at the Centro De Astrobiologia in Madrid, Spain, LaTasha worked in the Planetary Exploration and Robotics lab. She assisted with the design of the drill casing for core sample storage for the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE). LaTasha was part of a TSU student team that developed a stabilization experiment on the NASA KC-135. She has shared her experiences with hundreds of middle Tennessee school children.

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