Vladimir Zhoga to the commercial spaceflight industry by Forbes in 2020. The program provides students paid summer internships at space companies including Relativity Space, Planet Labs, and The Planetary Society, and mentorship from aerospace leaders. Fellows are invited to the annual Future Space Leaders summit in Washington D.C. to network and meet industry officials. Fellows also engage in a community service project of their design with support from the program. As of 2022, the fellowship program is partnered with the Brooke Owens Fellowship and the Future Space Leaders Foundation. Alumni. As of 2022, the Zed Factor Fellowship has 23 alumni across one 	Zed Factor Fellowship
21949218	cohort associated with more than 20 different national universities. In 2020, over 180 students from 115 universities around the United States applied. Approximately 25 are selected. Zed Factor Fellowship The Zed Factor Fellowship is a non-profit program in the United States that provides paid internships and executive mentorship to underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students seeking careers in aerospace. The fellowship was founded in 2020 and is closely modeled on programs such as the Brooke Owens Fellowship. History. The Zed Factor Fellowship Program was founded in 2020 by Tanya Harrison, planetary scientist at NASA JPL and Planet Labs, Carie Lemack	Zed Factor Fellowship
21949219	LaQuan Nairn LaQuan Nairn LaQuan Nairn (born 31 July 1996) is a male long jumper from Nassau, Bahamas. He attended C.R Walker High school in Nassau, Bahamas before going on to compete for South Plains College, and University of Arkansas. Nairn broke the Long jump indoor national record at the 2022 Tyson Invitational, with a jump of 8.18 meters. Nairn is the younger brother of Lourawls Nairn Jr. who played basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. LaQuan Nairn LaQuan Nairn (born 31 July 1996) is a male long jumper from Nassau, Bahamas. He attended C.R Walker High school in Nassau, Bahamas before 	LaQuan Nairn
21949220	Vladimir Zhoga Vladimir Zhoga Vladimir Artemovich Zhoga (, ; 26 May 1993 – 5 March 2022), also known by his nom de guerre" Vokha (), was a Russian-Ukrainian separatist who was the commander of the Sparta Battalion, a pro-Russian separatist force that is involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Biography. Born in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 26 May 1993, Zhoga's family moved to Sloviansk soon after his birth, where he grew up. His parents separated early in his life. When he was fourteen, he started helping out his father, Artem Zhoga, who owned a small business. Until 2014, Zhoga had no interest in enlisting  in the military, and instead tried to study at a technical school. He graduated from the Slavic Vocational Art Lyceum as a painter-plasterer. Zhoga described himself as apolitical until the Revolution of Dignity in 2014; he came to see the events as a "coup" and threat to his home. Within his circle of acquaintances, no one supported the Euromaidan, hardening his views. He still lived in Sloviansk by the Russo-Ukrainian War's outbreak. In 2014, Zhoga and his father Artem joined the Sparta Battalion, one of several pro-Russian separatist militias which emerged during the war in Donbas . The Sparta Battalion is regarded as one of the most effective separatist militias, and has been described as being associated with neo-Nazism in regard to ideology. The militia is loyal to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), one of the self-proclaimed breakaway states located in the Donbas. Zhoga was a close confidant and the personal driver of the Sparta Battalion's commander Arsen Pavlov as well as the eventual deputy head of the unit, while his father Artem rose to chief of staff. The Sparta Battalion fought in many important battles of the early part of the war  in Donbas, and Zhoga served with the unit during the Siege of Sloviansk, the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, and the Battle of Ilovaisk. He was wounded in combat at Sloviansk, Snizhne, and Donetsk Airport. Following Pavlov's assassination in October 2016, Zhoga assumed command of the Sparta Battalion which had grown to 1,000 militants by this point. As the militia's leader, he became one of the best-known separatist leaders in Ukraine, and was described as a warlord by various newspapers. As part of the Sparta Battalion, Zhoga was accused of war crimes including the murder of Ukrainian  prisoners of war. He was eventually promoted to colonel. In June 2018, Zhoga had a motorcycle accident; he was injured and his passenger was killed. The Ukrainian news site "Glavcom" alleged that the accident had been an assassination attempt by a Russian soldier (codenamed "Ermine") who acted as advisor to the Sparta Battalion. The two had reportedly clashed on several occasions, as "Ermine" argued that Zhoga was too young to serve as militia leader. In contrast, Fashik Donetsky, an anti-separatist blogger from Donetsk, claimed that Zhoga had been drunk during the incident. Zhoga was killed on 5 March 2022  in combat with the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Battle of Volnovakha in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. A pro-Russian source said he died while trying to evacuate civilians. DPR leader Denis Pushilin posthumously awarded him the title Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic, while Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" war correspondent Alexander Kots wrote a "glowing obituary" for Zhoga which was characterized by "Al Jazeera" as part of Russian propaganda efforts. Vladimir's father Artem succeeded him as commander of the Sparta Battalion. Vladimir