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Irma Aracely Quispe Neira (born 1982; known as Aracely Quispe) is a Peruvian-American senior astronautical engineer, [1] NASA scientist, academic and researcher. [2] [3] She is known as the first Latin-American woman [4] to lead three successful NASA missions in the United States: [5] [6] [7] Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), [8] the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), [9] and James ...
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In 2023, she received her Bachelor of Science in astrobiology from the Florida Institute of Technology. [11] While in undergraduate school she was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. [ 15 ] In 2022, she received the Florida Institute of Technology's Student Catalyst Award, highlighting women's participation and development in the school's ...
In January 2023, NASA announced a partnership with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program to demonstrate a NTR engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA missions to Mars. [151] In July 2023, NASA and DARPA jointly announced the award of $499 million to Lockheed ...
This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. There are over 80 currently active science missions.
Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221.; The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies.
Established on May 1, 1959, as NASA's first space flight center, GSFC employs about 10,000 civil servants and contractors. Named for American rocket propulsion pioneer Robert H. Goddard, it is one of ten major NASA field centers.
In 2023, she received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal “for years of exceptional public service to develop and commission JWST’s Fine Guidance Sensor providing exceptional pointing for this world class Observatory”. [8] In 2023 she was also included in the Forbes list of 100 most influential women in Spain. [9]