SWATI ON THE DOT

was photographed in a blue outfit and a black bindi in the control room. On Twitter, social media users applauded her and also wrote about the "Lady with the bindi." "Big love for Swati Mohan, rocking that bindi in the control room," a user said. She was raised in the Northern VirginiaWashington DC metro area and completed her bachelor's degree from Cornell University in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; she did her her M.S. and Ph.D from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Aeronautics/Astronautics. Over the course of her career with Nasa, Swati has worked on the Cassini mission to Saturn.