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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Melanie Grande works in mission design and systems analysis at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she has contributed to planning for human exploration of both the Moon and Mars. Starting in Langley’s Space Mission Analysis Branch (SMAB) as a Pathways co-op student in 2016, Melanie currently works as an aerospaceContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Melanie Grande”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Gwendolyn Wheatle currently serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. What started as a temporary, three-week clerical position supporting the Office of the Chief Scientist has blossomed into a 38-year career at NASA. In 1986, Gwendolyn joined theContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Gwendolyn Wheatle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Anum Ashraf is a Climate Scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Originally set on pursuing a medical career, Anum found her calling in engineering and research. Now a “doctor for the planet” with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, she uses her skills to study Earth’s radiation budgetContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Anum Ashraf”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “One of my proudest, happiest moments was watching an early-career researcher, who I met first when she was a graduate student conducting research and working on some new, innovative equipment. She was going to give a demonstration to a group of visitors, and as happened with me many times, everythingContinue reading “Exobiology Deputy Branch Chief Melissa Kirven-Brooks”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Kanama Bivins currently serves as the Acting Associate Director at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Prior to this role, Kanama was NASA Langley’s Chief Financial Officer. Kanama grew up in a military family and moved often but she considers the Hampton Roads area home. Following high schoolContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Dr. Kanama Bivins “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lisa Ziehmann is the Acting Deputy Center Director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Ziehmann’s lifelong love of numbers and problem solving led her to graduate from Christopher Newport College, now Christopher Newport University, with a degree in accounting. After spending time in the Mission Support Directorate atContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Lisa Ziehmann”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In honor of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with Kari Alvarado, lead management analyst and Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR) asset manager at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, to learn more about her role and working at NASA. What do you do at NASA andContinue reading “Women’s History Month: Meet Kari Alvarado”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The rover has arrived at an area that may show evidence liquid water flowed on this part of Mars for much longer than previously thought. NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun exploring a new region of Mars, one that could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for allContinue reading “NASA’s Curiosity Searches for New Clues About Mars’ Ancient Water”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Monday, April 8, most of North America will have the chance to see the Moon pass in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse. NASA is inviting the public to participate with in-person events, opportunities to do NASA science, and multiple ways to watch online. Millions of peopleContinue reading “How to Watch Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse with NASA from Anywhere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a globular cluster called NGC 1651. Like another recent globular cluster image, NGC 1651 is about 162,000 light-years away in the largest and brightest of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). One notable feature of this image:Continue reading “Hubble Finds a Field of Stars”