नासाको अन्तरिक्षयान मंगल ग्रहमा ल्याण्ड गर्नासाथ डा. स्वाती मोहनको टिका चर्चामा

काठमाडौं। अमेरिकी अन्तरिक्ष एजेन्सी नासाको अन्तरिक्षयान मंगल ग्रह पुग्यो । नासाले १८ फेब्रुअरीमा सफलतापूर्वक पर्सिभरेन्स रोभरलाई मंगल ग्रहमा ल्याण्ड गरायो । यससँगै एक हिन्दू महिला चर्चामा आइन् । भारतीय मूलकी यी वैज्ञानिक स्वाती मोहनको टिका अहिले इन्टरनेटमा चर्चामा छ । स्वाती मोहन नासाको क्यालिफोर्नियास्थित जेट प्रोपल्सन ल्याबोरेटरीमा काम गर्छिन् ।

स्वाती मोहनले यो अभियान अर्थात मार्स पर्सिभरेन्स रोभर मिशनको गाइडेन्स एण्ड कन्ट्रोल अपरेसन्सको नेतृत्व गरिरहेकी छिन् । नासाको मार्स पर्सिभरेन्स रोभरले मंगलग्रहमा ल्याण्ड गरेपछि यसको जानकारी सबैभन्दा पहिले स्वाती मोहनले नै विश्वलाई दिएकी थिइन् । यो उपलब्धीसँगै उनको टिकाले निकै चर्चा पाएको छ । उनको यो टिकालाई अत्याधुनिक प्रविधिकी ज्ञाता वैज्ञानिकको हिन्दू संस्कारप्रतिको लगावको रुपमा हेरिएको छ । नासाले ल्याण्डिङलगत्तै एक भिडियो जारी गरेको थियो जसमा स्वाती मोहनको निधारमा टिका देखियो र यसको चर्चा चुलियो ।

The parachute has been deployed! @NASAPersevere is on her way to complete her #CountdownToMars: pic.twitter.com/i29Wb4rYlo

— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021

Big love for Swati Mohan, rocking that bindi in the control room ❤️ pic.twitter.com/cmNdBpWFKB

— Sumen Desktronaut Rai (@sumenrai79) February 18, 2021

Dr. Swati Mohan rocked in bindi @ #NASA control room today #legends. Godspeed #SwatiMohan and best wishes for #NASAPerseverance #Marslanding pic.twitter.com/NjrMZ1hrqE

— Santanu Bhattacharya (@SantanuB01) February 19, 2021

“Touchdown confirmed” announced @DrSwatiMohan, 🇮🇳 origin GN&C operations lead as @NASA’s #Perseverance landed inside a Mars crater.

No more the Hidden Figure in Space , ‘Lady with the Bindi’ Dr Swati has made 🇮🇳 proud & inspired women across 🌎 to reach for ✨ 🌙 & Mars! pic.twitter.com/AFZYZzqyrA

— Lakshmi M Puri (@lakshmiunwomen) February 19, 2021

I wore bindi regularly in India & continued to do so in the US initially. But random folks sometimes stared/asked questions. So I stopped. My mom said I shouldn’t care, but I didn’t like unwanted attention. Today I decided to change that decision, and gave my lecture wearing one! https://t.co/MCrSBfYFze

— Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi (@sangeetha_a_j) February 18, 2021

The Great Indian Bindi!
NASA’s Dr. Swati Mohan has inspired a new generation of scientists from India and all parts of the world!
walking us through Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars while wearing a Bindi (colored dot on the forehead) is an example we all need. pic.twitter.com/vHWiGLrtgw

— Mayank Mishra (@MayankM50873152) February 19, 2021

My husbands version of a Valentine’s Day card for me. 😍🤣 9 days down. 8 to go! #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/VOIN4FfD7M

— Swati Mohan (@DrSwatiMohan) February 10, 2021

listen.
i wore a bindi through primary school and got bullied, physically bullied, for it. this is doing all kinds of things to me. 🥲
swati mohan in mission control, thank you. #NASAPerseverance

— Anuradha Damale (@anulikesstars) February 18, 2021

The voice you heard behind Mars rover landing is of Dr Swati Mohan. A B.S from Cornell in mechanical & an M.S. and Ph.D from MIT in aeronautics. She is Guidance, Navigation and Control lead for @NASA Mars Rover. pic.twitter.com/tY2csB5rxA

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) February 19, 2021

She is wearing a pottu. I can’t express how much this is making me emotional. Being a minority everywhere meant that I stopped wearing pottu to fit in with the dominant culture. https://t.co/zGPpTb1aSO

— Mani Pillai (@ManiPillai1886) February 18, 2021

My day was made seeing @DrSwatiMohan on screen!!! Imagine I had seen this when I was growing up 😍 #RepresentationMatters pic.twitter.com/RN4UeJwzXs

— Dr. Parshati Patel (@ParshatiPatel) February 18, 2021

So many talented, amazing scientists and engineers on TV as we watch the #MarsLanding, but my 8-year-old stopped and asked, “Hey, mom, who’s that?” when he saw this engineer at work 👇🏽 Why do you think that is? #RepresentationMatters
Thanks, @DrSwatiMohan ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5acDN9b0Nw

— Anjali Joshi (@Anjali_Joshi_) February 18, 2021