Team

Sudeep Giri

Sudeep Giri is an aerospace R&D innovator with multidisciplinary experience in avionics, robotics, and embedded hardware design. He is the founding technical lead of a space-focused startup building a modular, autonomous satellite refueling and servicing architecture. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in Space Studies with a focus on aerospace systems and orbital logistics, Sudeep brings over 3,500 hours of instructional and leadership experience alongside technical fluency in Arduino, microcontrollers, 3D printing, and AI-driven control systems.

Sudeep is currently leading the development of an underwater thrust-stabilized test platform that serves as a proof-of-concept for his team’s long-term goal: enabling autonomous satellite swarms to coordinate during dynamic orbital operations like fuel transfer, docking, or reconfiguration.

Nora Spiro

Nora Spiro is an aerospace engineering undergraduate at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a concentration in astronautics and a minor in mathematics. As a participant within NASA’s L’SPACE Proposal Writing and Evaluation Experience, she is analyzing industry pain points specific to in-space transportation and space propulsion. She is passionate about optimization of interplanetary trajectories, autonomous space exploration, and computationally efficient satellite dynamics. At Redmoon Systems she is researching the Interplanetary Superhighway (IPS) and how it pertains to fuel-efficient cargo transports to Mars and beyond.

Philip Venturelli