{"id":527331,"date":"2026-03-10T18:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527331\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:21:13","slug":"mississauga-woman-works-on-project-to-support-human-mars-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527331\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississauga woman works on project to support human Mars exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Mississauga woman\u2019s work could benefit future space exploration of Mars.<\/p>\n

Mississauga resident, Debjani Mukherjee said she has been supporting a NASA-funded project to make Mars habitable for humans.<\/p>\n

As lead subject matter expert, Mukherjee said she spearheads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to developing critical technologies required for human Mars exploration. The work is part of an outsourced NASA contract, known as NOIS3. Mukherjee is a contractor with Floor23 Digital LLC, a NOIS3 recipient and NASA service provider.<\/p>\n

Mukherjee is a Canadian citizen, so she cannot work for NASA, but NASA regularly puts out calls for open innovation around the world.<\/p>\n

The opportunity fulfills a lifelong dream for Mukherjee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my passion since I was little, I always wanted to be in this stream, but it never happened,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I got it, I was over the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mukherjee landed the contract in July 2025 after she won a global NASA research initiative competition on polymer (a kind of plastic) recycling on lunar\/space missions. Her research looked into technologies to recycle plastic packaging and other objects needed in space travel. A different technology for recycling is needed in space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose (plastics) have to be recycled, otherwise you have pollution in space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Mississauga resident Debjani Mukherjee<\/p>\n

Mukherjee was born in India but moved to Canada for her studies. She has a doctorate in chemical and biochemical engineering from the University of Western Ontario. She has lived in Mississauga since 2014.<\/p>\n

She previously worked as a technical director for Pounds of Plastics Inc., a plastic resin manufacturer in Mississauga. She is a specialized expert on the Canadian government\u2019s Science Advisory Committee<\/a> on Pest Control Products.<\/p>\n

For more information on Mukherjee, see her website here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lead photo: SpaceX<\/p>\n


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