November 1, 2024
The Europa Clipper probe, now on its way to orbit Jupiter, was a hard sell for NASA and the Obama White House. Casey Dreier of The Planetary Society tells the story of how advocates saved the $5.2 billion mission from the budget ax more than once.
By Cat Hofacker
July 1, 2024
David Salvagnini, NASA’s chief AI officer
By Moriba Jah
June 1, 2024
By Ben Iannotta
May 1, 2024
By Moriba Jah
April 1, 2023
By Jonathan Coopersmith
March 1, 2023
Sherman Mullin, former president of Lockheed Skunk Works
By Moriba Jah
December 1, 2022
By Moriba Jah
September 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
Educators and students managed to keep progress going through the pandemic with remote learning. Now it’s time to get back to largely in-person learning that leverages the best of remote learning. Amir S. Gohardani explains.
By Moriba Jah
June 1, 2022
By Moriba Jah
April 1, 2022
By Moriba Jah
July 1, 2021
May 1, 2020
The National Air and Space Museum’s location in Washington, D.C., is getting more than a physical update. The museum plans to place new emphasis on the people who defied racial and gender biases to break new ground in the aerospace field. It is a matter of justice, and much more. Director Ellen Stofan explains.
By Ben Iannotta
March 1, 2019
Douglas Stanley
By Debra Werner
August 31, 2018
Haldan Gates, 31, flight group lead, Tamarack Aerospace Group
August 31, 2018
Veteran aerospace engineers in the U.S. are retiring, and employment data shows that the workforce is contracting. The U.S. remains the global leader in aerospace goods and services, and yet the numbers are concerning. Aerospace expert Amir S. Gohardani researched the workforce problem and offers some advice for how corporations and policymakers should address it.
By Debra Werner
July 1, 2018
Jaime Singer, 30, is the InSight instrument deployment lead at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
May 31, 2018
You’ve heard of the book “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek title, but one that strikes a chord and perhaps helps us understand each other. Planetary scientist Ralph D. Lorenz went searching for an analog of his own to describe scientists and engineers. This is what he came up with.
By Debra Werner
April 30, 2018
Samantha McCue, 28, systems engineer and test director for Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ Mako unmanned aircraft
By Ben Iannotta
March 30, 2018
By Amanda Miller
February 1, 2018
Young aerospace professionals' career goals nurtured by love of science
By Debra Werner
February 1, 2018
Eric Joyce, 31, project manager, Made in Space
