Hispanic Heritage Month“From my earliest childhood, flight had always captivated me. I lived out in the boonies and the farmlands, so I..."It took years but it felt like all of the sudden, I was here and everything, the entire time, was..."I would say family and part of that 'first-gen experience' [shaped me]...It shaped me to be a hard worker and..."As an immigrant myself reporting on stories about other immigrants, I want to show people that space is for all,...“I think the experience of putting yourself in an uncomfortable environment and coming at the other end with lessons learned..."… I try to tell folks that it's not where you started. It's not the mistakes you've made. It's what..."The stars aligned – I was working at Johnson Space Center in Houston about six months later. That’s how I...Meet one of NASA’s Modern History Makers, Michael Pepen"It's amazing when I get a chance to see the space station fly over. I am very fortunate to be...Meet one of NASA’s Modern History Makers, Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick, chief engineer for aeronautics at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. She’s supporting...“A lot of people in similar positions as myself, we struggle a lot with confidence and imposter syndrome – I..."It was magical that I could just tell the computer exactly what to do. And [my career] all came from...Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs samples for the Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS)...Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water survival training in the...In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory...Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular..."These kids [in my Scout troop] learn how to cook outside. They know how to start a fire. And if..."I want people to see me and realize ‘she looks like me,’ or ‘she speaks Spanish like me,’ and I..."I was labeled a troublemaker. Teachers wouldn't help me. My career counselor said I would do amazing work at a..."I get really excited talking to kids and inspiring the next generation of explorers. For our role as communicators, it’s...“The first time [I went to Antarctica], my first impression was what Buzz Aldrin said about the Moon — this..."But here I am. And maybe I haven’t accomplished everything I want to do. But I can show little girls...Pedro Cota is a video producer for NASA en español the agency's Science Mission Directorate.Diana Trujillo, an aerospace engineer, is currently Technical Group Supervisor for Sequence Planning and Execution and a Tactical Mission Lead...I think it’s important to know that everybody has different experiences in life. And then you can learn from those...“I had a mentor say something to me that I think rings really true. He said, ‘when you work in...“I think it’s also that I came at a good time when we are having these important discussions about diversity..."When someone asks me about my job? I respond with immense pride I am part of the Office of the..."I just never knew that I would have the opportunity to have these kinds of mentors to actually help me...Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Fundoscope aboard the International Space Station with remote support from doctors on...Then-NASA Johnson Space Center deputy director Ellen Ochoa poses for a photo with Robonaut 2 (R2) during media day in..."Success is in the journey of trying to work your way back to balanced.” — Magdiel Santana, Senior Program Analyst,..."It is important that we have cultural awareness. And to actually do the science, to solve scientific mysteries, we need..."Yes, it has been a challenge, to get to work for NASA. But it’s worth it, every single day.” —..."When I walked into those doors [at my new job], understanding my ancestry, and then also understanding, I, myself, who...In this mage from June 2002, astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz works with a grapple fixture during a spacewalk to perform...Dr. Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August..."When you meet someone who is doing something different but yet, you can relate to them because of what they..."I thought to myself, ‘well, that vehicle took off in not-so-ideal conditions. Things aren’t impossible.’ That’s what led me to...Portrait of Irma Rodriguez, program specialist in NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
