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Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal

Dr. Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s (ASP) 2023 recipient of its most prestigious award.

Posted February 10, 2025

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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Hsiao Smith

Deputy Observatory Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, Hsiao Smith — now the deputy observatory manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — never imagined she’d have a career at NASA. But when she moved near NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, things quickly fell into […]

Posted February 6, 2025

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Nargess Memarsadeghi, Computer Engineer for the Cosmos

When it comes to building spaceflight missions, the software is at least as important as the hardware. For computer engineer Nargess Memarsadeghi, having a hand in the programming is like getting to go along for the ride.

Posted December 19, 2024

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Sarah Peacock Surveys Stellar Radiation to Hunt for Habitable Worlds

Knowing whether or not a planet elsewhere in the galaxy could potentially be habitable requires knowing a lot about that planet’s sun. Sarah Peacock relies on computer models to assess stars’ radiation, which can have a major influence on whether or not one of these exoplanets has breathable atmosphere.

Posted December 10, 2024

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Edward Gonzales Fosters a Culturally Safe Workplace for Current, Future Employees

As the program manager for people, culture and equity, “people whisperer” Edward Victor Gonzales helps ensure people’s wellbeing, comfort, and safety.

Posted December 3, 2024

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Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)

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Alfonso Delgado Bonal Has His Head in the Clouds — for Research

Research scientist Alfonso Delgado Bonal makes important discoveries about patterns in cloud movements while thriving within the NASA Goddard family.

Posted November 26, 2024

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Bob Swap Builds Bridges With ‘Science Diplomacy’

Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth Sciences, and environmental scientist Robert J. “Bob” Swap makes a difference by putting knowledge into action. Name: Robert J.

Posted November 19, 2024

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Earth

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PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

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SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data

Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.

Posted November 12, 2024

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Dragonfly

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Matthew Kowalewski: Aerospace Engineer and Curious About Everything

Matthew Kowalewski describes himself as “curious about too many things,” but that curiosity comes in handy when engineering instrumentation scheduled to soar through the atmosphere of a moon of Saturn.

Posted November 12, 2024

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PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

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Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals

Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure the flight team had a comprehensive manual to keep this Earth-observing satellite in good health for the duration of its mission.

Posted October 29, 2024