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Jeremy Johnson laces his black, steel-toed boots and zips up his dark blue flight suit. Having just finished a pre-flight mission briefing with his team, the only thing on his mind is heading to the aircraft hangar and getting a plane in the air. As he eases a small white-and-blue propeller aircraft down the hangar’s […]

Posted April 25, 2025

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NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 13th Consecutive Year

For the 13th straight year, NASA has earned the title of Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – from the Partnership for Public Service. The ranking reflects employee satisfaction and workplace elements across the agency while executing NASA’s mission to explore the unknown and discover new knowledge for the benefit […]

Posted March 7, 2025

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Jamie Dunn

Project Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Jamie Dunn — now a project manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — naturally became interested in planes. While he initially wanted to be a pilot, he chose aerospace engineering as a college major. “I originally had […]

Posted February 28, 2025

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NASA Names Acting Associate Administrator, More Leadership Changes

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro announced Monday Vanessa Wyche will serve as the acting associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.

Posted February 24, 2025

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Elizabeth Tammi Gives Hubble a Voice

Name: Elizabeth Tammi Title: Hubble Space Telescope Social Media Lead Formal Job Classification: Communications Specialist Organization: Hubble Space Telescope Operations (Code 441) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission?

Posted February 10, 2025

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Jesse Walsh: Possibility at the Cutting Edge of Flight

Name: Jesse Walsh Formal Job Classification: Project Formulation Manager Organization: Project Formulation and Development Office, Flight Projects Directorate (Code 401.0) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission?

Posted February 10, 2025

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Margaret Dominguez Helps NASA Space Telescopes Open Their ‘Eyes’ to the Universe

Name: Margaret Dominguez Formal Job Classification: Optical engineer Organization: Code 551, Optics Branch, Instrument Systems and Technology Division, Engineering Directorate What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? I build space telescopes.

Posted February 10, 2025

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Melissa Gates: Keeping Goddard Running

Name: Melissa Gates Title: Secretary III Organization: Mission Systems Engineering Branch, Engineering Technology Directorate (Code 599) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission?

Posted February 10, 2025

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Wallops Electrical Engineer Named NASA Goddard’s 2022 ‘Innovator of Year’

Scott Hesh, an electrical engineer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, was announced Nov. 2 as the FY22 IRAD Innovator of the Year, an award presented by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Posted February 10, 2025

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Shari Miller: Keeping the Mission and the Environment In Balance

Shari Miller, Wallops Flight Facility National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Manager and Wallops Natural Resources Manager, tracks the environmental impact of Wallops missions to promote mission success while also protecting Wallops Island's diverse ecosystems and wildlife.

Posted February 10, 2025