Amy Ross – NESC Academy Biography

Amy Ross has been with NASA for over 20 years, specializing in pressure garments. She has served as the Spacesuit Team lead, Spacesuit Hardware Technology Development lead, CxP Spacesuit System PGS manager, and Space Launch Initiative Crew Escape Suit Engineering lead, with most of her experience in advanced planetary spacesuit development and testing. Past projects include the Shuttle spacesuit gloves, launch and entry suit gloves, and STS‑100 EVA tools. Amy earned a bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota.