Innovation Now

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Innovation Now

Women of Technology

Women at NASA are making history every day. Meet a few of these women who are making contributions to the technologies that make exploration possible. To meet more of these amazing women, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/women or join the conversation #WomensHistoryMonth.    

Meet Annie Meier

I’m turning trash into usable resources. Meet Annie Meier, a chemical engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Annie leads a team that is converting astronauts’ trash into useful gases that can be used for fuel or vented safely into space. To learn more about OSCAR, NASA’s Orbital Syngas Commodity Augmentation …

Meet Jackie Quinn

I look for clean water on Earth and on the Moon. Meet Jackie Quinn, an environmental engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Jackie’s career at NASA has focused on environmental cleanup technologies, earning her a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Now she is working on MSolo, an …

Meet Peter Peterson

I am working on NASA’s next great propulsion system. Meet Dr. Peter Peterson, an electric propulsion engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. Electric propulsion opens up new exploration possibilities that just can’t be done with traditional chemical propulsion. To learn more about solar electric propulsion research at NASA, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/sep/index.html