The cosmos fascinates him, and he has dedicated years to studying it. But he is not one of those people who limit themselves to dreaming and watching space-themed movies. At 33, Raycho Raychev is a successful space entrepreneur and scientist with an impressive resume featuring work in national space programs and international organizations. His company, EnduroSat, builds satellites, and a significant part of his time and efforts is dedicated to furthering space education in Bulgaria and abroad.
Raycho is the first Bulgarian to have completed the Singularity University technology program hosted by NASA’s Ames Research Center. He previously worked in the Brazilian Space Program and the Space Research and Technology Institute in Bulgaria. From 2011 to 2015, he was Bulgaria’s national representative at the United Nations Space Generation Advisory Council.
Today, he works on a variety of educational projects. One is the Tsiolkovsky Association, which connects space enthusiasts and of which he is a cofounder, and another is the Space Challenges Academy, which offers free space education to individuals aged 18–28 years from various backgrounds.
In 2017, Raycho launched SPACEPORT, a platform for online space education featuring lectures, articles, and presentations by the world’s leading space science and technology experts, and most of these have already been translated into Bulgarian. Raycho is a member of the America for Bulgaria Foundation community. Listen to what he has to say HERE.
