Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Pablo de León
Aerospace Eng. · Ph.D. in History of Science
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor at the University of North Dakota (UND), where he has directed the Human Spaceflight Laboratory since 2004. NASA Principal Investigator for Mars missions and designer of the NDX-1 and NDX-2 spacesuits. He chaired the Argentine Association for Space Technology and competed in the Ansari X Prize.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Pablo de León is an aerospace engineer and one of Argentina's leading figures in human spaceflight. He is a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota (UND), in the United States, where he has directed the Human Spaceflight Laboratory since 2004. His field is the design and development of systems for human presence in space, especially spacesuits such as the NDX-1 and NDX-2 prototypes.
In Argentina he chaired the Argentine Association for Space Technology for more than a decade and, as a competitor in the Ansari X Prize, worked on the development of a suborbital vehicle. He served as National Point of Contact for the Space Generation Advisory Council and trained at the International Space University. He holds a doctorate from Universidad de San Andrés.
On the program
- Closing plenary conversation
Career highlights
- Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
- Director, UND Human Spaceflight Laboratory (since 2004)
- General Manager, De Leon Technologies (2001–2004)
- Ansari X Prize competitor, X PRIZE Foundation (1996–2004)
- National Point of Contact, Space Generation Advisory Council (2001–2003)
- President, Argentine Association for Space Technology (1989–2001)
Education
- Doctorate, Universidad de San Andrés
- Postgraduate Diploma in Space Studies, International Space University
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