Mallory Lefland of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Takes You Inside the Mars 2020 Mission As a systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, Mallory Lefland is playing a key role in the Mars 2020 Mission – a highly challenging undertaking to investigate a region of Mars where this ancient environment may… Learn more
Lt Col Janelle T. H. Jackson, Commander of the 317th Recruiting Squadron for the United States Air Force Lt Col Janelle T. H. Jackson is Commander, 317th Recruiting Squadron, Oxon Hill, Maryland. She leads approximately 86 active duty and 10 civilian personnel covering a 43,000 square-mile area that includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia,… Learn more
Tracy Drain Systems Engineer NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Full Speaker Bio Coming Soon!
Astronaut Benjamin Drew: What it Was Like Aboard NASA’s Final Shuttle Mission Benjamin Alvin Drew, Jr. remembers well his flight as a NASA astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. This mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which took place from February 24 to March 9, 2011, would be NASA’s final Shuttle flight before the trailblazing… Learn more
NASA Research Engineer Follows His Passion in Developing Signal Processing Systems Damon Bradley is a research engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where his current research interests include statistical signal processing, information theory, Earth remote sensing, satellite scientific instrumentation, and compressive sensing. Damon has 16 years of experience developing scientific instrumentation for astrophysics,… Learn more
Planetery Geologist and NASA’s Former Chief Scientist, Ellen Stofan If you want fascinating insights into the terrain of Venus, Mars, or the Saturn Moon Titan, planetary geologist Ellen Stofan is the person to ask. As NASA’s former Chief Scientist, she is also the go-to expert on a host of other challenging frontiers in space exploration…. Learn more
Eric Berkenpas of Second Star Robotics: How to engineer solutions to study the world’s most extreme environments Eric is a co-founder of Second Star Robotics. He is formerly the Senior Director of the Exploration Technology Lab at the National Geographic Society. While there he developed technology programs in both terrestrial and marine conservation. He established… Learn more
The Innovator Behind AnthroTronix and Its Leading Brain and Cognitive Technologies Welcome to the high-tech world of neuroscientist, engineer, and innovator Corinna “Cori” Lathan. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the research and development firm, AnthroTronix, she is spearheading the development of medical technologies that are enhancing human health and performance. Currently, she and her… Learn more
Meet NASA’s ‘Mohawk Guy’: An Ambassador for Science As Curiosity – NASA’s intrepid Mars rover – made its historic descent into the atmosphere of the Red Planet August 2012, the millions of earthlings watching the live feed at home seemed to have just one question: Who’s the guy with the mohawk hairdo? The young man garnering… Learn more
Explore the Achievements of the International Space Station With Astronaut and CASIS Executive, Greg Johnson Gregory H. Johnson is the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). In his remarkable career, he also served as a NASA astronaut — piloting two Space Shuttle missions — in addition to… Learn more
