
Dorothy “Dottie” Metcalf-Lindenburger, the daughter of two teachers with a love of the space program, has “The Right Stuff.” As…

Although Tarrie Hood longed to be part of NASA, a “world-class organization in which cutting-edge technology was the standard and…

Robin Henderson’s life changed forever and for the better when, in her first year of college, a man offered her…

As a child, Ginger Kerrick dreamed of growing up to be either a basketball player or an astronaut. When neither…

While Neil Armstrong was taking his first steps on the surface of the moon, a 6-year-old girl named Huy Tran…

When Loria West was 9 years old, she suffered the loss of her parents in a tragic car accident. That…

For as long as she can remember, Jennifer Cole has been “hooked on anything that flew” – from the roaring…

Andrea Meyer’s life was changed irrevocably when, on one cold Nebraska morning while practicing emergency landing procedures with her flight…

Dr. Richard Eckman has retired from NASA. This profile is being kept online for archival purposes. < Back to Atmospheric…