Andrea Marcolongo was a judge in the #NameTheMission competition, to find a new name for ESA's upcoming spacecraft to monitor the Sun, formerly known as Lagrange. The winning name ESA 'Vigil', resonated with the judges as it captured the mission's role – as a devoted guardian, keeping constant watch over the Sun, for Earth.
Andrea is an Italian writer and journalist. Currently living in Paris, she graduated in Classical Studies at the University of Milan and is the author of “The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek”; “The Heroic Measure”, about the myth of the Argonauts; “At the source of the words”, a compendium of ninety-nine etymologies and “Starting from Scratch. The life-changing lesson of Aeneas”.