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Mark Rober is an American YouTuber, engineer, inventor, and educator.He is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets.Before he became a YouTuber, Rober was an engineer with NASA for nine years, where he spent seven years working on the Curiosity rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Dr. Mamta Patel Nagaraja is an American engineer and scientist, and currently the Associate Chief Scientist for Exploration and Applied Research. In this role, she serves as an expert for NASA's chief scientist on missions where humans perform science in spaceflight. She has degrees in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, and ...
Soffen has been memorialized in several ways by his peers and former students. The "Dr. Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Space Science Education" was established by the NASA Academy Alumni Association "to continue Jerry's commitment to the future of space by supporting motivated students in the fields of space science and engineering". [7]
Mahmooda Sultana is a Bangladeshi-American scientist working for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She leads a team which won a $2 million technology development award for a nanomaterial-based detector platform in 2019. [1] Sultana became a NASA research engineer [2] in 2010.
Wyche began her career at the Food and Drug Administration. [7] Her career with NASA began in 1989. [7] Wyche also served as a Project Manager within the Space and Life Sciences Directorate, where she was responsible for the development and use of suites of hardware systems for medical and microgravity experiments on the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
Japie van Zyl (February 24th 1957 [1] - 26 August 2020) was a Namibian electrical engineer working for NASA. [2]Van Zyl was born in Outjo, Namibia.After matric he attended Stellenbosch University where he obtained an honours degree in electronic engineering cum laude in 1979 .
Kevin Hand is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at JPL. [1] [2] He is also the founder of Cosmos Education [1] [2] and was its president until 2007. [3]He was working at NASA Ames when he was inspired to form Cosmos Education in 1999 after getting a grant from the Earth and Space Foundation to tour African schools to talk about how education relates to space research.
Jastrow was the first chairman of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Committee, which established the scientific goals for the exploration of the Moon during the Apollo lunar landings. [ 2 ] Jastrow was a public figure, prolific author and commentator on a range of topics including the space program, astronomy, earth science, and national security issues.