NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

"Returning astronauts to the moon, and journeying to Mars and beyond, will require a diverse team of many individuals with the best minds, the most comprehensive expertise, the broadest knowledge and the strongest talent… NASA is fully committed to diversity as a model for helping to identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, achieve excellence and realize mission success."

—Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
NASA Policy Statement on Diversity

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is proud of its highly diverse, exceptionally qualified workforce. The center strives at every level to foster and maintain an inclusive, productive, equitable work environment in which every team member can realize his or her fullest potential.

The Marshall Center team is a diverse community of colleagues, partners and professionals -- sharing one another's victories and challenges, and celebrating the things that make us unique as individuals and strengthen us as a team.

Our news site spotlights six diverse groups in particular who help make up the complete Marshall workforce: African Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, disabled persons, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Native Americans, seniors and women.

Click the links on the right to learn more about the people of Marshall.

NASA Marshall Center's Howard Soohoo: 'You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To'

Marshall Center engineer Howard Soohoo. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC

Marshall Center engineer Howard Soohoo has tested NASA rocket engines and space shuttle hardware since 1987. Last year, he traded his test laboratory for a seat in the head office -- as the executive intern for the Marshall Center director and administrative team. He credits his career goals to his parents and grandparents, Chinese immigrants who moved their family to the southern United States in search of a better life.

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Marshall's Reginald Alexander Helping NASA Get Back to the Moon and Continue Missions Far Into the Future

Reginald Alexander. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/Doug Stoffer

Reginald Alexander has been manager of the Advanced Concepts Office at the Marshall Center since 2007. He helps to design and determine the size and cost of new spacecraft, their launch vehicles and engines. Two of his main projects are the Ares V heavy cargo launch vehicle and the Altair lander -- intended to take America back to the moon in 2020 and to other destinations in the solar system.

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Federal Women's Program Honors Four Marshall Center Employees

Four Marshall Center employees -- executive support assistant Regina Grant, program specialist Alfrica Jones and engineers Kathleen Matus and Annette Sledd -- have received Federal Women's Program Outstanding Achievement Awards for exceptional service to NASA and its mission.

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