Amanda Cook
Instrument Scientist and Project Engineer
Email: amanda.m.cook@nasa.gov
Professional Biography
Dr. Amanda M. Cook is a space instrument scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. She is the integration and test lead and mission ops lead for the Near-InfraRed Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS). NIRVSS is a science instrument on the VIPER rover, which will search for water and other ices at the South Pole of the Moon. Amanda also spends her time developing “younger” instruments like anemometers, cloud sensors, and imaging systems for use on future missions to the moon and beyond.