Heather Cowardin Safeguards the Future of Space Exploration  

As branch chief of the Hypervelocity Impact and Orbital Debris Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dr. Heather Cowardin leads a team tasked with a critical mission: characterizing and mitigating orbital debris—space junk that poses a growing risk to satellites, spacecraft, and human spaceflight.  Long before Cowardin was a scientist safeguarding NASA’s mission, […]
Posted on June 23, 2025
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