Dr. Jessica Frick is the CEO and Co-Founder of Astral Materials which uses the unique microgravity environment of space to synthesize materials of a quality and consistency that cannot be made on Earth. Astral Materials is built off Dr. Frick’s work as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Debbie Senesky’s XLab at Stanford University where she… Learn more
Jamesa Stokes’ path to becoming an engineer at NASA started out on a completely different road. While she loved and excelled at math and science, she was also passionate about studio art, her first major in college. But knowing that science can also be a creative pursuit, she switched to physics and embarked on a… Learn more
Dr. Aprille Joy Ericsson is an aerospace engineer currently serving as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology for the U.S. Department of Defense – a position she was appointed to by the President of the United States. Dr. Ericsson spent for more than 30 years at NASA where she worked at the… Learn more
Mr. Vickers serves as the principal technologist for advanced manufacturing in the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and as the senior leader for advanced manufacturing at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He also serves as the associate director of the Marshall Materials and Processes Laboratory and as the director of NASA’s National… Learn more
Lt. Col. Marcus U. Stevenson is the Commander, 333rd Recruiting Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla. As the commander, he is responsible for eight flights and approximately 105 military and civilian personnel throughout central and southern Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, covering an area of 36,000 square miles. He partners with military, civic, educational, and… Learn more
Susie Martínez, a former NASA engineer and flight controller, currently works as a payload developer in the space industry. Previously, Susie serviced the International Space Station as an operations controller, helping the astronauts do their science. Formerly, she was an additive manufacturing engineer at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center where her main project was… Learn more
Erin Winick Anthony is passionate about showing the creativity of science! She has worked as a professional science communicator for more than 8 years, telling stories of research and engineering for everywhere from MIT to NASA. Erin is the founder of STEAM Power Media which aims to make Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) more accessible and… Learn more
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
Dr. Thomas Statler is a planetary scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, a member of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and Program Scientist for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission — humanity’s first attempt to change the motion of a natural celestial body in space and the first full-scale test of an asteroid… Learn more
