People of NASA

Langley Research Center
Black History Month
Diversity at NASA
People of NASA
Brandon Sells joined NASA’s Langley Research Center in September 2023 as an aerospace engineer with the Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch (ASAB) of the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD).
Posted February 27, 2024
Langley Research Center
Black History Month
Diversity at NASA
People of NASA
Alexus Cottonham is an aerospace engineer supporting NASA Langley’s Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate. She completed a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in systems engineering at Colorado State University.
Posted February 27, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Diversity at NASA
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of NASA
Science is often portrayed as a solitary affair, where discoveries are made by lone geniuses toiling in isolation. But Dr. Natasha Batalha, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, says solving problems with the people around her is one of the best parts of her job.  “Oh, man, working with people […]
Posted February 21, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
Renee King calls herself Goddard Space Flight Center’s conscience: She helps make sure that at NASA Goddard, there truly is space for everyone.
Posted February 20, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
Research scientist Sujung Go analyzes atmospheric data to help humanity and the environment. Name: Sujung Go Title: Research scientist Organization: Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science Directorate (Code 613) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? I work in the team of Dr.
Posted February 13, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of Goddard
People of NASA
Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people go beyond what they think they can.
Posted February 6, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
People of NASA
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective immediately. Pelfrey has served as acting center director since July 2023. “Joseph is a respected leader who shares the passion for innovation and exploration at NASA Marshall.
Posted February 5, 2024
Leadership
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of NASA
Stennis Space Center
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that after more than 30 years of service, the agency’s Stennis Space Center Director Richard Gilbrech will retire on Saturday, Jan. 13.
Posted December 11, 2023
Astronauts
Diversity at NASA
International Space Station (ISS)
Native American Heritage Month
Nicole Aunapu Mann
People of NASA
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her spacesuit on Jan. 12, 2023, ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system. Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. […]
Posted November 21, 2023
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Former Astronauts
Humans in Space
People of NASA
Project Mercury
Born barely 20 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Alan Shepard grew up to fly combat missions in World War II, test multiple new aircraft, become the first American in space, and ultimately hit the first golf shot on the Moon. Born on Nov. 18, 1923, Shepard lifted off in the Freedom 7 spacecraft […]
Posted November 17, 2023
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