MiMi Aung from NASA's March 2020 mission on women in space

Next year, NASA will send a mission to Mars. The woman responsible for producing the helicopter, which is the first plane to land on another planet, is MiMi Aung.

At the age of 16, MiMi traveled from Myanmar to the US alone to gain access to education. Now she is one of the chief engineers at NASA.

We discover what it means to be a woman in space exploration and why her mother is her greatest inspiration.

The BBC 100 Women nominated annually 100 influential and inspiring women and shares her story. Find us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter and use # 100Women.

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