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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 ...
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.
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]
One of his longest-term roles was as the Program Scientist for the SOFIA airborne observatory, overseeing it in its later development and first light in 2010. [10] He then served as the Chief Scientist of the NASA Science Directorate from 2005 to 2012. [11] In this role, he oversaw the NASA's Science Policy, Process, and Ethics Office. [12]
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.
Patricia S. Cowings (born December 15, 1948) is an aerospace psychophysiologist.She was the first American woman to be trained as a scientist astronaut by NASA; [1] though she was an alternate for a space flight in 1979, she did not travel to space. [2]
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas maintains a Bioastronautics Library. The one-room facility provides a collection of textbooks, reference books, conference proceedings, and academic journals related to bioastronautics topics. [ 4 ]
B. C. “Bill” Wolverton (born 1932) [1] is an American scientist specialized in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, marine biology and environmental engineering.He is well known for being the principal investigator of the famous NASA Clean Air Study, where plants were tested in order to find out their ability to purify air.