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Amber Nicole Straughn (born c. 1979) is an American astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where she serves as the deputy project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, responsible for science communications. [1]
NASA astronomers and astrophysicists. Pages in category "NASA astrophysicists" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a Catholic family living in the Bronx. [4] [5] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.
Hashima Hasan (born February 8, 1950) is an Indian astrophysicist who has worked in the United States and India. She is NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Deputy Program Scientist and Education and Public Outreach Lead for Astrophysics.
Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. Education [ edit ]
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Tremblay was born in Brunswick, Maine, and graduated from Brunswick High School in 2002. His interest in astronomy and astrophysics was triggered by the 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact of Jupiter, and by using a small telescope in his backyard while growing up in Maine. [14]
She has since worked on the NASA Polar spacecraft. [13] In 2008 Fox was the Deputy Project Scientist for Living With a Star, NASA's Van Allen Probes mission. [14] [15] Fox joined the Heliophysics space research branch in 2015. [16] She was lead Project Scientist for the Parker Solar Probe mission, and was present at the launch in August 2018.