Axel Garcia joined NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a civil servant in 2015 after having interned at NASA Kennedy Space Center, NASA Ames Research Center, and NASA Goddard since 2010. Besides working at NASA GSFC, Axel is pursuing his graduate studies in Space Science and Technology from a joint program between MIT and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow, Russia. Garcia’s experience focuses on spacecraft development and life support systems. He is working towards a NASA systems engineering position, leading the future projects of deep space missions. He’s also a scientist- astronaut candidate for the upcoming commercial spaceflight opportunities starting in 2020.