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

Celebrating Astronaut Alan Shepard’s 100th Birthday

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

Leadership

People of NASA

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana to Retire After 38 Years

NASA Associate Administrator and former astronaut Robert Cabana announced Monday his retirement, effective Sunday, Dec. 31 after more than 38 years of service.

Posted November 13, 2023

Glenn Research Center

Careers

People of NASA

NASA Glenn Helps Military Service Members Transition to Civilian Life

John Glenn. Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin. Jim Lovell. Guion Bluford. These iconic astronauts shared a commonality before they began their careers at NASA: They all served in the United States military.

Posted November 9, 2023

Diversity at NASA

Native American Heritage Month

People of NASA

Tribal Students Make Robots with NASA Aerospace Engineer Casey Denham

Casey Denham, aerospace engineer with the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, works with tribal students during a STEM activity at the American Indian Engineering Sciences (AISES) National Conference in Spokane, Washington, Oct. 19-21, 2023.

Posted November 8, 2023

SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)

Earth

General

Marshall Space Flight Center

People of NASA

NASA Project Manager Helps Makes Impact in Southeast Asia with SERVIR

By Celine Smith “As the seedlings were placed in the water, I felt a moment of déjà vu,” said NASA scientist Tony Kim. “I was taken back to when I was a child playing in similar fields in South Korea. It felt like I was meant to be there bringing space to village with satellite […]

Posted November 8, 2023

Artemis

Glenn Research Center

International Space Station (ISS)

People of NASA

NASA’s Modern History Makers: Sarah Tipler

<back to gallery Growing up, Sarah Tipler always felt out of place. She had trouble with time management, structuring her day, and focusing her attention, but she didn’t know why. “For all of my undergraduate education, I really struggled to keep up despite understanding the material,” Tipler said. “It took a ton of work to […]

Posted October 30, 2023

NASA Centers & Facilities

Artemis

Gateway Program

Kennedy Space Center

Mars

People of NASA

NASA, JAXA Benefit from Collaborative Fellowship Experience

A yearlong journey of cultural and professional development overseas has a NASA Deep Space Logistics employee excited about current and future collaboration with one of America’s key international partners in the agency’s Artemis program. Katherine Cook, who develops cargo delivery services for NASA’s Gateway, recently returned to the agency’s K

Posted October 27, 2023

Glenn Research Center

People of NASA

NASA’s Modern History Makers: Maricela Lizcano

>back to gallery Maricela Lizcano never dreamed of working for NASA. In fact, she wasn’t planning on furthering her education until she had a revelation in her late twenties. “I was watching one of those forensic shows, and I loved the way they caught the criminals with science,” said Lizcano, research materials engineer at NASA’s […]

Posted October 24, 2023

Glenn Research Center

People of NASA

NASA’s Modern History Makers: Carlos Garcia-Galan

<back to gallery As a little boy in Málaga, Spain, Carlos Garcia-Galan had his sights set on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. “It’s something that called to me from the very beginning.

Posted October 11, 2023