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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead Edward Gonzales
Jeremy Schnittman wearing headset in front of view of galaxy in green
Goddard technologist Nithin Abraham works inside a small cleanroom.

People of Goddard

Get to know your friendly neighborhood space flight center and the people that make up the largest community of scientists, engineers and technologists on planet.

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Featured Profiles

Conversations With Goddard is a collection of Q and A profiles highlighting the breadth and depth of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s talented and diverse workforce. The Conversations have been published twice a month on average since May 2011. 

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Shaigh Sisk: Keeping the Wheels Turning in Projects and Pottery

5 min read

Project support specialist Shaigh Sisk helps keep things running in Goddard's Exploration and Space Communications Projects division – and in…

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Two NASA Goddard Earth Scientists Receive AGU Awards

3 min read

Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum and Dr. John Bolten, both of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received American Geophysical…

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Javier Ocasio-Pérez Brings Teams and Missions Together

9 min read

Javier Ocasio-Pérez uses ingenuity and teamwork to lead integration and testing (I&T) for the Capture, Containment, and Return System (CCRS)…

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Mike Moreau: Bringing Bennu Back to Earth

6 min read

Dr. Michael Moreau serves as the deputy project manager for OSIRIS-REx, a multi-year mission to travel to the asteroid Bennu…

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Steve Arslanian Builds on Childhood and Career at Goddard

6 min read

From childhood afternoons at the Goddard rec center to a 33-year career with the Hubble Space Telescope, Steve Arslanian values…

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Glenn Bazemore: Professional Problem-Solver

6 min read

Glenn Bazemore is a mechanical engineer working on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Team. He also aims to become…

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meet the Goddard Leadership

Portrait of Makenzie Lystrup, smiling at the camera. She has medium brown hair, lighter closer to the ends. She is wearing brownish, plastic-rimmed glasses, and a black, red and gold scarf, and black blazer. Behind her is the American flag.

Goddard Center Director

Cynthia Simmons sits at a table with her hands clasped in front of her. She wears a red blazer with a black shirt underneath.

Acting Goddard Deputy Center Director 

Christyl Johnson with long, flowing black hair. She is wearing a black blazer with a white shirt underneath. The background is blue with an American flag over her right shoulder.

Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments

Ray Rubilotta, white and grey hair poses for a portrait. He is wearing a tweed brown suit jacket over a light blue collared shirt with a multi-colored tie. Behind him is a blue background with an American flag over his right shoulder.

Associate Center Director

Dave Pierce, a white man with white hair, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a dark-colored blazer with a light blue shirt and yellow tie. Behind him is the American flag against a blue background.

Wallops Flight Facility Director