Aspiring Astronaut Fauna from America

Hello, people call me Fauna. I am a 16 year old High School student from America. I first became interested in outer space at a young age, I have always loved looking up at the stars and wondering what is out there. My interest started to peak in Middle School and my pursuit for knowledge about the cosmos and my love for astronomy and astrobiology made me make up my mind right away about my future career. I wanted to be an astronaut. As a child I always fantasized about being among the stars, exploring the final frontier, but I never thought I would ever try hard to pursue this career.

I love science, specifically Biology, and when I learned of experiments on the ISS involving growing plants and seeing how life forms reacted to the space environment intrigued me. I wanted to do exactly what they were doing. I wanted to go to space but keep the aspects of Biology that I had always loved. I have researched a lot since then on the job subject.

I want to become an astronaut more than anything, it's my dream job. But I also have doubts when it comes to it. People laugh when I tell them what I want as a career saying it's impossible, or people don't believe me when I say I am into astronomy, and astrobiology because of the way I look (colored hair, piercings, clothing style etc.). I'm also not the smartest person in the world, but I am trying hard to learn more every day. Even if I have doubts I need to push forward to achieve my greatest dreams, I just need to keep telling myself that I can do it, I WILL get into space. You just need to believe and work hard enough and you can achieve anything.

Right now I am in search of space/astronomy courses or classes to take, and even possible scholarships. NASA and other space camps or courses are something I would love to do too!

Engineer Darrin Taylor Inspiration

Engineer Darrin Taylor is an engineer who has always liked space and looking at the stars but is not an astronaut or astronomer. He is also the founder of Outer Space Colonization which is dedicated to the goal of the colonizing outer space for human civilization.

You can view his website on this link http://www.outerspacecolonization.com/

Find out more about his inspiration on his work by reading along.

Partnership with Landsend Astronomers, Bonded by the Stars!

     Even though the Cosmic Wonderer just started our last March, I am more than delighted to announce that we already formed a partnership with Landsend Astronomers!

     Our partnership is bonded by the stars simply because we share the same goal of promoting astronomy. The Landsend Astronomers are a not-for-personal-profit unincorporated association that is providing astronomy services in the far West of Cornwall and across the UK and the best part, they are currently going through the process of becoming a small charity. Isn’t this amazing? That a nonprofit organization is working towards the advancement of education in astronomy and space sciences without asking for money in return! They are the perfect epitome of what an organization in the name of the stars standby which is, sharing the night sky to everyone.

     You could benefit from our partnership with the Landsend Astronomers because we share the same vision that is – to share the grandeur of the night sky to everyone. Remember, we only have one sky and it is for all of us to enjoy and partake in.

    You can visit the website of Landsend Astronomers in this link http://landsendastronomers.weebly.com/

     Thank you and to the stars!  

Motto of our Organization

     Quite recently, we decided to change our cover picture and replace it with the image of the Milky Way with contract to the previous one showing the four Very Large Telescopes at the Paranal Observatory. To not cause any stir about it, I will provide an explanation about it.

     I know that before I even announced the existence of the organization I’ve started, I’ve already laid down the mission and vision statements alongside with it. However, as days went by, I realized that I forgot a very significant thing that will sum up everything that I’ve wanted my organization to achieve. It is no other than a motto. Other people might view having a motto as insubstantial or unnecessary, but in my opinion, this is essential for people to remember us easier and more effectively.

     The motto of The Cosmic Wonderer is as follows:

     “Helping teens reach for their stars by filling the cosmos of their stories.”

    

     I decided to use the milky way as the header because all along, we belong here - the milky way - the cosmic road. And all of our stories will be witnessed by the stars that belonged here.