People

I’ve been fascinated with space exploration for as long as I can remember, and this focused my interests in college.…

As an aerospace engineer, I am on a team that is developing algorithms for the flight control system on the…

In college, I started out on a different path than aerospace. I have bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ocean engineering…

Before coming to NASA, Terrian Nowden worked part-time in the Co-operative Education Office of the junior college she’d been attending.…

Creativity and a sense of adventure have benefitted Michelle Mader throughout her lifetime. Growing up in Cleveland, OH she loved…

Debbie always wanted to play the piano. It was the love of her life. While other kids were playing outside,…

Hibah Rahmani was born in Pakistan, raised in Kuwait and moved to the United States after high school. Being fascinated…

Josephine Santiago-Bond didn’t grow up wanting to work for NASA. Having grown up in the Philippines, NASA was half a…

For Crystal Leathers Jones, growing up surrounded by drugs, crime and poverty made her dreams of working for NASA seem…

Beverly Girten knew at an early age that she wanted to work for NASA. Through her mother’s encouragement and her…