Meet Hanna, the first Armenian analog astronaut and a robotics engineering student charting her own course into space. We trace her leap from Buzz Lightyear–sparked curiosity to real-world missions: ground operations support on AMADEE-24 at ARMASH (Armenia), astronaut on the all-female LOTOS mission at the Analog Astronaut Training Center (Poland), and crew member on Terra Nova at LunAres (Poland) simulating Axiom-4. Hanna unpacks what it means to represent Armenia, how analog missions build resilient teams, and why soft-skills and cognitive training matter as much as hardware. It’s a fast, inspiring look at persistence, purpose, and finding your place in the global space community.

Hanna Harutyunyan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasav/

Mission: Analog Podcast: https://missionanalog.com/

Starmus: https://starmus.com/

AMADEE-24 Mission: https://oewf.org/en/amadee-24/

Buzz Lightyear in Space: https://youtu.be/AzcnBdq1TZ4?si=ay2I0kGVSb2e-TOr

Lunares Website: https://lunares.space/

Hanna’s Logo photo credit: https://borderless.so/stories/my-educational-journey-to-space-to-infinity-and-beyond

Hanna’s GOST Uniform photo credit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasav/recent-activity/all/

Axiom-4 mission: www.axiomspace.com/missions/ax4

Asclepios Website: https://asclepios.ch/

ARMASH Facility photo credit: https://x.com/AustriaInGe/status/1776499504503570649/photo/4

LOTOS crew photo credit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasav/recent-activity/images/

Lunares Habitat photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LunAres#/media/File:LunAres_Research_Station_in_the_post-nuclear_bunker.jpg

NineCubes: https://www.interpersonalskillslab.ch/en/

Martina Dimoska photo credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxLsVm3LcRG/?hl=en&img_index=1

The Airlock Module Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/AirlockModule