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Indian-American scientist Anita Sengupta is the brain behind Nasa's latest project

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The cold environment is crucial for a number of experiments but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) takes this to extreme levels. The laboratory is now heading to the International Space Station (ISS) to study what happens when atoms get really cold.
The main brain behind this project of US space agency is Indian-American scientist Anita Sengupta. From 2012 to 2017 she managed and led the development of the Cold Atom Laboratory, a laser-cooling quantum physics facility for the ISS.

THE COLDEST SPOT IN THE UNIVERSE: COLD ATOM LABORATORY (CAL):


Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is expected to be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space. The laboratory is expected to give a major boost to a number of technologies including sensors, quantum computers and atomic clocks (used in spacecraft navigation).
"CAL will make it possible to observe these ultra-cold atoms much longer in the microgravity environment," said Nasa.

ANITA SENGUPTA, THE FORMER NASA SCIENTIST

Anita Sengupta, the former Nasa scientist has a strong connection with India as her father is from West Bengal. She is currently a senior vice-president of Virgin Hyperloop One.
Her website reads:
Dr Anita Sengupta is a rocket scientist and aerospace engineer who for over 20 years has been developing technologies that have enabled the exploration of Mars, asteroids and deep space. She started her career working on the launch vehicles and communications satellites at Boeing Space and Communications.
Next, her journey took her to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At Nasa her doctoral research focused on the developing the ion engines that powered the Dawn spacecraft to reach Vesta and Ceres in the main asteroid belt launched in 2006.
She was then responsible for the supersonic parachute system that was integral to the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars in 2012.

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