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Megha Wijewardane – NASA Junior Ambassador     Australia’s only Junior Ambassador to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Megha Mahima Wijewardane, is of Sri Lankan origin and has been a space and aviation activist for years – and Megha is simply 9 years old! In 2017, he won the 2017 NASA Space Apps Challenge, competitive with students much older than him. In 2018, he round-faced this challenge once more and received the chance to analyze concerning the asteroid Bennu on the mission OSIRIS-REx. He was additionally within the ActInSpace challenge wherever that they had to create up a business plan resolution for a science and technology business. Megha was the youngest enterpriser and therefore the youngest team leader. ...