I invite the public to help NASA solve really hard challenges. Meet Monsi Roman, Program Manager for NASA Centennial Challenges. She invites the public to help NASA solve some really hard technology challenges faced both in space and on Earth. For more information about NASA’s Centennial Challenge Program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/index.html
I’m working to get big things on the surface of Mars. Meet Chuck Campbell, Project Manager for Propulsion Descent Technologies at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Chuck works to land payloads safely on the surface of Mars using supersonic retro propulsion. To learn more about Chuck’s work, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_development/index.html
I am an interplanetary navigator. Meet Dr. Jill Seubert, an interplanetary navigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Jill always wanted to explore far off worlds of her own and her work on the Deep Space Atomic Clock will help make a difference in the way we explore. For …
I 3D print habitats out of concrete using martian or lunar simulate. Meet Mallory Johnston, Deputy Project Manager for Additive Construction with Mobile Emplacement (ACME) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Mallory is working to 3D print habitats out of concrete using Martian or lunar simulant, a technology that could …
I take big pictures of small things. Meet Jim Baughman, a research engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Jim takes big pictures of small things with an electron scanning microscope to identify failure points in materials. But Jim also sees the art in the science he does every day. For …
I build composite rocket structures. Meet Justin Jackson, Materials Engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Justin makes composite rocket structures. Everything is made of materials and with high strength, low weight, and precise manufacturing of the upmost importance, the work Justin does is essential to safe human space flight. …
I develop augmented and virtual reality applications for NASA missions. Meet Tom Grubb, Product Development Lead for augmented and virtual reality at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Grubb is developing software that utilizes AR and VR as an intuitive way to help train employees for NASA missions. To learn more …
I do aerodynamic testing for the Space Launch System. Meet Amber Favaregh, co-lead for the Space Launch System (SLS) Aerodynamics Team at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Amber helps people figure out how to fly by doing aerodynamic testing for SLS. See how she combines yoga and aerospace engineering in her …
I’ve been working to make robots more usable by humans. Meet Kimberly Hambuchen, Deputy Project Manager Human Robotic Systems at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Kimberly has been working with robots to make them more usable by humans for more than a decade. To learn more about NASA robotics, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/robotics/index.html
I build the next generation of spacesuits. Meet Marlon Cox, a Spacesuit Systems Engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Marlon is working on new technologies that would allow astronauts to suit up immediately and go straight out the door for any kind of space walk. And the regulators he works …
