10/12/2025
Sara Karim, a Space System Engineering researcher at BSMRAAU, has been selected as an Astronaut Candidate for Titans Space Industries, set to become the first Bangladeshi to carry the national flag into orbit.
She will train under NASA veteran Colonel William McArthur for a planned 2029–2030 mission aboard the Titans Genesis spacecraft, reaching 300 km above Earth. Karim’s expertise in space weather prediction and autonomous rocket mechanics makes her an active mission participant. She credits her father and childhood inspiration from astronaut Sunita Williams for her journey, with Titans Space CEO Neal S. Lachman hailing her as Bangladesh’s representative on the global space stage.
