Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage"…You cannot grow without approaching the fear, embracing the fear, and then pushing past it." — Tahira Allen, Digital Lead,..."I realized long ago that I am an ant carrying my little grain of sand. But someday, this anthill will...Dr. Kartik Sheth's career spans academia, non-profits, and government.“I’ve always wanted to learn about cosmology, specifically. The history of the universe is fascinating for me." — Dr. Howard...Nina Wang has more than a decae of experience in financial reporting and analysis, financial statement audits, and internal controls.Misty Snopkowski is NASA’s program executive for the Commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Development program."If you find yourself getting lost in it, pursue it feverishly.” — Paromita Mitra, Principal Investigator for the Joint Augmented..."There will still be people who question everything and that’s a good thing—you also have to embrace critics and find..."Can you imagine someone landing on the Moon that looks like you?” — Risha George, Advanced Communications Capabilities for Exploration...I try to keep an open mind and meet people where they’re at, regardless of what they think of me,..."Though I’m a Flight Director and the leader of that team, especially in Houston, I’m not significant unless there is..."If I had a chance to go to the Moon – absolutely. If I had a chance to go to...“This is what makes America great. The opportunities are there and anything is possible. I’m a son of an immigrant,...As an atmospheric scientist, Jie Gong explores ice clouds and other frozen precipitation like snow.Perseverance entry, descent, and landing lead Allen Chen, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover mission landing update.Electrical Test Operations Engineer David CarverSwati Mohan is currently the Mars 2020 Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Operations Lead, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory."I go outside the box to get ideas. I think about, how do I solve this? I apply the same..."What has changed? What hasn’t changed? Are we progressing? I think that we are in some ways, but in other..."I try to be that glue or conduit, ensuring not only that the research portfolio is healthy, but the team..."My work will be on that rocket when it flies and this will bring my childhood dream to fruition.” —..."The only reason that I am here is because I have had women and men in my life who have..."It takes twenty thousand people to run NASA — and we’re not all astronauts and scientists and engineers. I try...“I was born in India soon after we got independence from the British. My mother was very keen that her...Helen HwangIn this iconic image, Staion Commander Leroy Chiao of NASA watches a water bubble float between him and the camera.Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center.Iowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class.Katherine Park is a designer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.Brian Lim is among the many who worked on NASA’s VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), a ventilator designed, built...Life Detection Systems branch chief Vance Oyama operates a specially designed soil distribution system, used for dispersing the lunar soil...Sang Choi has worked for NASA for nearly 40 years. Since beginning work at the Langley Research Center in October...“People like to say, “safety first” — but that’s not true. If safety was first, we wouldn’t be launching people...“That’s what makes communicating Earth science meaningful for me—knowing that indigenous Hawaiian wisdom and NASA research both point to the...Astronauts Frank Rubio, Shannon Walker, Raja Chari and Stephanie Wilson are participating in evaluations to provide their perspectives as those...NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Friday, July 12, 2019 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. (Photo...Standing among dead black spruce trees in a burned area near Delta Junction, Richard Chen dug soil sampling pits throughout...Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center.Life Detection Systems Branch Chief Vance Oyama operates a specially designed soil distribution system, used for dispersing the lunar soil...Katherine Brown is a woman of many cultures, many career paths and many stories. But as the Public Affairs Officer...
