Joan Melendez Misner (@yourfemaleengineer), a native of Orlando, FL., is a Mission Integration Systems Engineer at NASA for the Launch Services Program working on management of space and aeronautical flight systems for all non-crewed and scientific missions. Her missions include the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), Europa Clipper, GOES-U and Dragonfly. Joan received a dual… Learn more
Captain Tasia L. Reed is the Operations Flight Commander assigned to the 10th Space Warning Squadron on Cavalier Space Force Station, North Dakota. As the Operations Flight Commander, Captain Reed leads a 16-member crew force that executes the United States Space Force critical missile warning and space domain awareness missions via the Perimeter Acquisition Radar… Learn more
Capt Sophia Schwalbe is the Section Chief, Magnetospheric Impacts Section and the Program Manager for a passive HF receiver instrument at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. She is responsible for the development, testing, and transition of the Sounder Receiver (SORcer) instrument, and is responsible for… Learn more
Esther Beckett is originally from France and currently works as instructor pilot for Airbus Helicopters North America. Esther works primarily in ground and flight instruction, both in live aircraft and simulator. She specializes in the H125, H130 and H145 helicopters. A pilot for the past ten years, Esther has flown tours across the Grand Canyon and flight instruction in Florida. Before becoming a pilot, Esther worked as an interpreter in… Learn more
Katelyn (Kate) Gunderson is a mechanical and aerospace engineer currently attending the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, CA through a flight test engineering fellowship. To pursue this opportunity, Kate left her dream job at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where she worked as an engineer and NASA’s youngest Flight Science Officer aircrew member, supporting various… Learn more
First Lieutenant Esther Y. Song is the Propulsion Engagement Program Manager of the Engines Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, California. She leads a team of six people in developing a standardized business process between public private companies and a $10.2 billion, 65-square mile geographically separated unit. She is responsible for capturing… Learn more
Debra is a Staff Engineer in the Engineering Process and Metrics Department and supports Engineering and continuous improvement efforts at General Atomics. She brings the knowledge and experience to effectively develop, implement and maintain a lean implementation approach as well as over 25 years of engineering, manufacturing, continuous improvement, quality assurance, and process implementation leadership… Learn more
Dr. Moogega (pronounced Moo-ji-gae) Cooper received her B.A. in Physics from Hampton University in 2006. She then enrolled in Drexel University where she received her Masters and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in thermal fluid sciences. Her dissertation studies involved non-equilibrium plasma sterilization of spacecraft materials so it was a logical transition to… Learn more
Zena Cardman was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. She reported for duty in August 2017 and having completed the initial astronaut candidate training is now eligible for a mission assignment. The Virginia native holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology, and a Master’s of Science in Marine Sciences from the… Learn more
Jasmine Lawrence currently serves as a Product Manager on the Everyday Robot project at X, the moonshot factory. The Everyday Robot project is building a new type of learning robot—one that can eventually learn to help everyone, every day. Prior to this, she served on the Blood Donations and Portal ( formerly Building 8) teams… Learn more
