Faces of NASAThe Faces of NASA series combines stunning portraiture with interviews of NASA's workforce."I was labeled a troublemaker. Teachers wouldn't help me. My career counselor said I would do amazing work at a..."I've been very fortunate throughout my career here at NASA, to have other people that were willing to mentor me...."Something improv comedy taught me is: When you start to let go and not take yourself too seriously and embrace...“[The ceremony] was more than just a street renaming. In my mind, I was thinking, who am I doing this..."I want to ensure I do my best so others can get access to more opportunities and those at the..."It’s almost as if I’m a musician and the fader is my instrument — and I’m playing the astronaut’s voices..."I ended up going out and getting my own dog who I’ve trained to be a therapy dog, so now..."When you meet someone who is doing something different but yet, you can relate to them because of what they..."I think that we have long way to go to reach out to some of those smaller, under-serving communities where..."I learned what it means to not give up. Cold, rain, wind, sun, doesn’t matter. You keep going." — Eliad...“In just navigating our significance in the broader scheme of things, when it comes to Earth, when it comes to..."And in the end, we are all so close when it comes down to it. We do act like family...."Can you imagine someone landing on the Moon that looks like you?” — Risha George, Advanced Communications Capabilities for Exploration...“You have to use different clues, follow the trail, isolate what you know, and find the solutions. Sometimes it can..."I think all my creative passions meet somewhere in the middle of the road. I can draw on those tools,..."So, the skills that I learned as a historian — asking difficult questions, looking for answers that aren't immediately obvious,..."If I had a chance to go to the Moon – absolutely. If I had a chance to go to..."A piece of my story that I think needs to get told is that broken crayons still color." – Tyrone..."I want to make sure that I foster an environment of inclusion, equity, and opportunities for everyone.” – Donya Douglas-Bradshaw,..."I saw astronomy as the final frontier, but then I realized I couldn’t personally experience it, and I wanted to..."[As for which one I prefer,] I think the space station has windows, and a beautiful view, so it definitely..."Well, little did I know, even at a young age, he instilled in me the importance of seeing people for..."I think people try to take their fears and understand and dissect them... It gives them a sense of closure....I think it’s important to know that everybody has different experiences in life. And then you can learn from those..."I go outside the box to get ideas. I think about, how do I solve this? I apply the same..."And so this fixer mentality has been with me — and what do you know? I’m in safety now, literally...“I am a really average embroiderer, but I really love doing it. That’s one of my hobbies. In the last..."But everything, every medical procedure — you have to rethink it when you’re talking about spaceflight. It’s kind of like...“This is what makes America great. The opportunities are there and anything is possible. I’m a son of an immigrant,..."Having it in front of you makes it real. So when you see it on TV, it’s like: ‘I know..."Everybody has a place where they shine. And for me, it’s being a physician, helping people heal, solving medical problems....“One of the reasons I fell in love with applied math is because it is so broad. We studied so...“The first time [I went to Antarctica], my first impression was what Buzz Aldrin said about the Moon — this..."I want people to see me and realize ‘she looks like me,’ or ‘she speaks Spanish like me,’ and I..."Not having many real-life scientific role models, the exploits of the fictional Mentats and of Peter Parker helped pique my...“I’m helping manage a new program [at NASA] called Student Airborne Science Activation, or SaSa. The program focuses on recruiting...“Sometimes your passion will take you to something else that you never expected. That helped me to find myself and..."When I thought about how to do the most amount of good, I thought we should be putting solar panels...The absence of light in her Virgin Islands hometown ignited Concha Reid’s interest in power systems and led her to...In this image, Glover celebrated his birthday during his stay on the station.
