People of Goddard

Joshua Schlieder: Feet on the Ground, Head in the Stars – NASA

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Joshua Schlieder: Feet on the Ground, Head in the Stars – NASA

Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Joshua Schlieder supports NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and Swift Observatory with creativity, community, and curiosity. Name: Joshua Schlieder Title: Wide Field Instrument Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Operations Project Scientist for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Formal Job Classification: Research Astrophysicist Organization: Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets Laboratory, Astrophysics … Read more

NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light – NASA

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NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light – NASA

Photon sieves focus extreme ultraviolet light and can enable Sun science. A pair of precision-orbiting small satellites will attempt to capture the first views ever of small-scale features near the surface of the Sun that scientists believe drive the heating and acceleration of solar wind. Heliophysicist Dr. Doug Rabin at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center … Read more

NASA Audio Specialist Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators – NASA

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NASA Audio Specialist Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators – NASA

Katie Konans, NASA’s audio and podcasting lead at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is one of two NASA employees named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Class of 2024. The other agency honoree, Clare Luckey, is a systems engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list is … Read more

Bethany Theiling: Researching Oceans on Earth and Beyond – NASA

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Bethany Theiling: Researching Oceans on Earth and Beyond – NASA

Bethany Theiling is a planetary research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Name: Bethany TheilingFormal Job Classification: Planetary research scientistOrganization: Planetary Environment Laboratory, Science Directorate (Code 699) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? I am … Read more

NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work – NASA

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NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work – NASA

Goddard researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta the 2023 IRAD Innovator of the Year for her work developing hyperspectral microwave technology to dissect Earth’s atmosphere from orbit. Earth science researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta earned the 2023 Goddard IRAD Technology Leadership award for pioneering new ways to measure lower layers of Earth’s atmosphere from space. The award from … Read more

NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves – NASA

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NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves – NASA

Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves. Goddard’s Office of the Chief Technologist named engineer Steven Denis as the FY23 Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Innovator of the Year, an honor the office bestows annually on individuals who demonstrate the best in innovation. Denis demonstrated persistence and innovation in developing hair-thin photon … Read more

Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman’s Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target – NASA

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Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman’s Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target – NASA

Joshua Abel’s job as lead systems engineer for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Optical Telescope Assembly is “to deliver the assembly to the Roman observatory on time, within budget, and meeting all the technical requirements.” Name: Joshua Abel Title: Lead systems engineer for the Roman Space Optical Telescope Assembly Formal Job Classification: Flight Systems … Read more

Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal – NASA

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Webb Telescope’s Marcia Rieke Awarded Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal – NASA

Dr. Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s (ASP) 2023 recipient of its most prestigious award. ASP’s Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal honors Rieke, a Regents Professor of astronomy and Elizabeth Roemer Endowed Chair, Steward Observatory, at the University of Arizona. … Read more

Rita Owens: Keeper of NASA’s Digital Knowledge – NASA

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Rita Owens: Keeper of NASA’s Digital Knowledge – NASA

Data Systems Engineer Rita Owens supports NASA’s Digital Transformation as part of the NASA Data Strategy Mission. This involves transforming how NASA operates by using digital capabilities to increase the reliability and effectiveness of NASA’s Information Technology (IT) operations. Name: Rita Owens Formal Job Classification: Data Systems Engineer Organization: Data Steward, Data Stewardship and Governance … Read more

NASA’s Sandra Irish Wins 2023 Society of Women Engineers Award – NASA

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NASA’s Sandra Irish Wins 2023 Society of Women Engineers Award – NASA

Sandra Irish, mechanical systems lead structures engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has been selected to receive the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Resnik Challenger Medal Award for her visionary contributions to the development, testing, transport, and launch of NASA’s premier space telescope since 2006. The medal was awarded during the World’s Largest Conference … Read more