Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Noel de Castro
Biomedical engineer · Astronaut candidate
Biomedical and aerospace engineer from Salta and Argentina's first astronaut candidate. With a master's in Aerospace Engineering (Embry-Riddle), she trains in parabolic flight, neutral buoyancy and survival, and drives international partnerships for the Argentine space sector. A woman from northern Argentina projecting the country toward a new frontier.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Noel de Castro is a biomedical engineer with a master's in Aerospace Engineering and Argentina's first astronaut candidate. Her path brings two worlds together: biomedical engineering applied to life-support systems and space exploration centred on the human body. Her preparation includes parabolic flight, neutral buoyancy diving and survival training, and she is training as a private pilot.
In Salta she headed the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Instituto Médico de Alta Complejidad (IMAC), responsible for critical equipment such as ventilators, multiparameter monitors and anaesthesia machines. Today she works with VENG on international commercial and institutional partnerships for the Argentine space sector, specialises in bioastronautics at the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences and drives projects that bring space closer to education, science and new generations.
On the program
- Inspiration, medicine and space talent development
- Closing plenary conversation
Career highlights
- Argentine astronaut candidate, CONAE (since 2025)
- Strategic Liaison for Commercial Partnerships, VENG (since 2025)
- Bioastronautics, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (since 2024)
- Head of Biomedical Engineering, IMAC Salta (2023–2025)
- Teaching assistant in Quantum Mechanics, Universidad Favaloro (2023–2025)
- Sales Support Engineer, Philips (2022–2023)
Education
- Master's in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (USA)
- Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Favaloro
- Private pilot (in training), Endeavour Flight School
- Finance, Harvard Business School Online
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