“The first time [I went to Antarctica], my first impression was what Buzz Aldrin said about the Moon — this ‘magnificent desolation.’ It felt like that. It’s magnificent, but it’s so desolated, which is what makes it so interesting.” José Siles is the project manager and technical lead for the Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (nasajpl). Image Credit: Courtesy of José Siles #HHM #HispanicHeritageMonth #Astrophysics #Apollo #Moon #Antarctice #Telescope #STEM #NASA #Space #MagnificentDesolation