23-year-old Kosovo Albanian alone in space (Photo)

Her inspiring story begins a few years ago when her interest in astronomy begins.

After the war ended, one day Spring saw the reflection of the sun's eclipse in a bucket of water. That's when she connected with the space and phenomena that happen in the sky.

As the knowledge of astronomy began to expand to high school until on the school computer, it created a Facebook page that wrote about astronomy.

An astronaut from Croatia sent her the first telescope. And she was asked to demonstrate her work, in different schools throughout Kosovo.

And so I began more intensively her commitment to this field.

This first May she was for the second time in Texas USA, and with a large telescope she was looking for the asteroid in space with its name.

Spring Hyseni, 23, amateur astronaut, is the first Albanian name in space.

But she modestly says to herself “I'm someone who lives in the village, and I've made no discovery. What I do is; it inspired the children for astronomy”.

But that's not all. In 2015, Spring and its society founded the “Astronomy Oceanic Club of Kosovo”, a club that is now known internationally.

Last year she was in Texas at the “Texas Star Party” event, an amateur astronaut event where she witnessed the club's work.

The trip, scheduled to last two weeks, lasted four months.

Astronauts organised many other trips and visits to the U.S. Spring, among other things, to NASA Centre “KennedySpace Center” writer in Florida.

In Kosovo she managed to win the support of government institutions, and in November, the organisation “Minister Planet Center” by the International Union of Astronauts named the aeroidus by its name 45687 Springhyseni.

For the first time, an Albanian name is in space. And everyone's proud of this” she said.

This year, the Mars Generation organisation, a non-profit organisation, selected Spring from the “24 Under 24”, leaders/liders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Now Spring studies geography at the University of Pristina, and next year she will continue her studies on astronomy or astrophysics in the United States.

After many meetings and conferences that the Astronomy Ocean Club of Kosovo has realised in the United States of America today, on July 17, 2017, AOK took the first huge step at NASA's Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This has obviously been the culmination of our historic journey, representing Kosovo and our nation at the largest American institutes and agencies to prioritize space exploration. Our club now feels proud as never before”.