In 2015, 17-year-old Anna-Sophia Boguraev from Bedford, New York, won the inaugural Genes in Space competition.
Boguraev’s experiment arrived at the International Space Station April 10, 2016, following an April 8 launch from Kennedy Space Center.
Check out the video for more on Anna-Sophia’s story.
To learn more about Genes in Space:
http://www.genesinspace.org/
