
David Haskins credits his parents for his interest in space. “My dad was a science teacher,” David recalled. “I remember…
Breathtaking images of glittering expanses of stars, distant galaxies and glowing nebulas make it easy to forget something about the…

Ed Moy works on two important elements of the Hubble Space Telescope: how it points, and what happens when something…

Jessica Regalado remembers the strangeness and disorientation of her family’s move to Baltimore, Maryland, from Songtan, South Korea, when she…

Harry Wynn was just nine years old when he discovered his calling. A neighbor who worked at Goddard Space Flight…

Dr. Knicole Colon was 12 years old when she decided she wanted to be an astronomer. She was influenced by…

Dr. Olivia Lupie still remembers the first time she saw a planet. She was living in Westchester County, New York,…

Dr. H Alicia Kim is Jacobs Scholar Chair Professor in the Structural Engineering Department of the University of California San Diego.…

Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India,…

Dr. Björn Krüger studied computer science, mathematics, and physics at the University of Bonn, Germany. He received his PhD (Dr.…