We invite boys and girls to join us and learn more about these exceptional
women who are featured in our interactive QuestChats and Forum.
This day is devoted to giving young people anywhere in the world who have
Internet access the opportunity to share the unique experiences of these
women and expand the horizons of their own future choices. Many of these
women are involved in additional NASAQuest interactive projects. To find
out more about these women visit the project pages that are linked from
their profiles.
Below is the current list of women featured in online events. As you
can imagine many of our NASA women have schedules that change on a daily
basis due to the variable nature of their work. We have attempted to finalize
our schedule but may be adding more women as we confirm their schedules.
The fact that we have the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission scheduled for
an April 24 launch adds to the volatility of these schedules!
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Linda Bangert Aerospace
Technologist / Langley Research Center - Linda's specialty is understanding
the effects of integrating the propulsion system with the aircraft.
Until recently, she worked on military fighter and attack airplanes
in the "transonic" speed range. Linda and her husband are both private
pilots and have a three-year-old daughter.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Marta Bohn Meyer
Director of Office of Safety and Mission Assurance / Dryden Flight
Research Center - Throughout her career, Marta Bohn-Meyer has been
involved in different areas involving aeronautics and aerospace. In
1991, Marta became the first female crewmember assigned to the SR-71
aircraft. Her project management background includes operations and
flight test engineering, and formal and informal training in communication
and organizational skills.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Eileen Collins Astronaut
/ Johnson Space Center - Eileen was the first woman ever selected
to be a space shuttle pilot and the first woman to command a space
shuttle. Join us as Commander Collins discusses her exciting career
as a pilot and NASA astronaut.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Karen Crandall High Speed
Research Propulsion Project Office / Lewis Research Center - Karen
works with both government and industry participants, dealing with
project management and business issues. The High Speed Research project
is to provide the aeronautics industry with sufficient technological
data so the industry can make a decision to pursue building (or not)
a commercial supersonic aircraft (the High Speed Civil Transport)
in the next century which will potentially alter the way we travel.
Karen has an 12-year-old daughter.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Janis Davis-Street Nutritionist/ Johnson Space
Center - Janis is a nutritionist and works in the life sciences. She
is part of a team whose job is determining the nutritional requirements
for space flight, that is, finding out what foods and nutrients are
important for the astronauts as they venture into space. Nutrition
is very important in keeping us healthy here on Earth, and likewise,
in space.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
Aerospace Engineer / Goddard Space Flight Center - Aprille is
an an aerospace engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
in the Guidance, Navigation and Control, Design Analysis section.
She has received numerous awards including Women in Science and Engineering
award, Top 50 minority women in Science and Engineering, Black Engineers
Award. She was the first female to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
from Howard University and First African American female to receive
a Ph.D. in Engineering at NASA GSFC.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Rose Grymes Assistant
Director of NASA Astrobiology Institute / Ames Research Center - Rose
Grymes is the Assistant Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute
(NAI) in the Office of the Director. She is responsible for assisting
the director in planning, advocating, implementing, controlling, reviewing,
and reporting NAI science, technical objectives, and milestones. Rose
feels the most exciting aspect about her job at NASA is being involved
in making the future of humans in space a reality. She has a young
daughter who has been fortunate to join Rose on some of her work excursions.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Dian Hardison Engineer,
specializing in Materials Science / Kennedy Space Center - Dian is
an engineer at Kennedy Space Center working to ensure materials compatibility
between the Ground Support Equipment and all the explosive, corrosive,
toxic, and flammable materials that are routinely handled at the Space
Center. Her current work focuses on the Space Station. "Learning to
disarm bombs is not only academically challenging -- as you might
expect! -- but also a lot of physical hard work."
(featured in QuestForum)
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Dionne Jackson Analytical
Chemist / Kennedy Space Center - Dionne works in the Materials Science
Laboratory (MSL) at Kennedy Space Center to evaluate materials and
processes associated with flight hardware and ground support equipment.
She is also involved in the Mars project, simulating a Martian environment
to do testing of materials.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Linda Kennedy Astronaut
Appearances / Johnson Space Center - Linda works within the public
affairs division at Johnson Space Center. She is responsible for coordinating
astronaut public appearances, tours, and post launch events. This
chat will be co-hosted by Doug Peterson who also works in the Public Affairs office.
While Linda's work involves astronaut bookings away from Johnson Space
Center, Doug's work is centered on public affairs at Johnson, which
includes the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations Division.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Carolyn Krumrey Division
Chief Engineer for the Space Shuttle in the Manufacturing, Materials,
and Process Technology Division / Johnson Space Center - Carolyn's
work focuses on manufacturing hardware that will fly on the Space
Shuttle Orbiter. In addition, she reviews the materials and processes
that are used on the Orbiter. This includes addressing materials that
will be flown in space.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Rosaly Lopes-Gautier
Science Coordinator for the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS)
of the Galileo Flight Project / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Rosaly
was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and left Brazil at the age of 18
to study Astronomy at the University of London. During her studies
she became a specialist on the hazards from lava flows and traveled
to erupting volcanoes in Italy and Hawaii, some of the time as a member
of the UK Volcanic Eruption Surveillance Team. Currently she is responsible
for planning all of the observations of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
using NIMS. She has a seven year old son.
(featured in Live QuestChat)
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Shannon Lucid Astronaut
/ Johnson Space Center - Dr. Lucid holds the space flight endurance
record for her work on the Space Station Mir for 6 months. Dr. Lucid
is a commercial, instrument, and multi-engine rated pilot. She has
three children.
(featured in Live Internet Webcast)
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Lisa Malone Chief,
Media Services of NASA Public Affairs / Kennedy Space Center - Her
responsibilities include managing media activities surrounding launches,
landings, astronaut activities and other high profile events. Lisa
is responsible for all printed information, video releases, news conferences,
official still photography and production of live coverage of KSC
launches, landings and press conferences. You may have heard her as
the "voice" during the shuttle launches.
(featured in live QuestChat)
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Diane McMahon Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO)
for the Space and Life Sciences Directorate / Johnson Space Center
- Diane is a Space Station Payload Integration Manager. Her job is
to get payloads stowed on the shuttle and then transferred and integrated
onto the ISS (International Space Station) to do science experiment/research
work. Her current payloads include two protein crystal growth experiments,
the Window Observation Research Facility, the Biological Research
Project, and a group of payloads we are trying to get on-orbit early
in the space station assembly sequence.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Stacey Morrison
Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Space and Life Sciences
Directorate / Johnson Space Center - Stacey is in charge of the computers,
hardware and software for the directorate, making sure that they are
secure and not open to hackers. She manages a team of software programmers
that write programs that the directorate needs to do its business.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Carol Russo, Ph.D.
Director of Aeronautics / Glenn Research Center - Dr. Russo is responsible
for programs that develop advanced propulsion technologies for safer,
cleaner, quieter, and higher performance jet engines. Her work involves
partnerships with U.S. industry, academia, and other Government agencies.
(featured in QuestForum)
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Peggy Wilhide Director
of Public Affairs / NASA Headquarters - Peggy is ultimately responsible
for all aspects of public affairs within NASA. She has years of experience
working with and representing corporate, political, government, and
public figures and organizations. Formerly she was press secretary
for Vice President Al Gore.
(special appearance during live QuestChat with Eileen Collins)
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Many of our NASA women are involved in additional NASA Quest outreach
projects. You will find links to these projects and supplementary resources
on their profile pages.
