Native American Heritage Month"[Now that I work for Safety and Mission Assurance,] it's really cool to read everything about the different types of..."Everyone needs an anchor from their community to motivate and inspire them to move forward. I want to be a...“The goal is to get as many of the wrong ideas out of the way as early as possible." —...Astronaut John B. Herrington, STS-113 mission specialist, floats on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in this image from..."I was labeled a troublemaker. Teachers wouldn't help me. My career counselor said I would do amazing work at a...“I was brand new when I came on board the Native American group at Kennedy Space Center. [...] We have...Stephanie Yazzie, Northern Arizona University student and NAU Space Jacks team member, poses with her team’s rocket in this photo..."[I asked myself] how am I going to teach about that heritage, if I'm not fully familiar with it? So,...Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in...“Shí éí Nikki Tulley yinishyé. Tódích’íí’nii nishłį́. If I were to identify myself in my community, in my language, that’s..."I'm a hands-on person and I'm a Lifetime Girl Scout. So, I typically have to demonstrate things in a visual...Jerry Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first Native Americans hired at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks..."I love seeing the spark in young kids' eyes when they see somebody that looks like them working on big...Steve Lighthill began to study art at the age of 16, taking courses in painting, sculpture, and jewelry during high...Carol "Bird Song" Harrison is a quality assurance specialist (QAS) working in the Mission Assurance Branch at NASA's Langley Research...Kenneth Attocknie has worked as an engineer for more than two decades at NASA's Johnson Space Center.Marcellus Proctor is an enrolled member of the Piscataway-Conoy Nation and the Assistant Chief in the Electrical Engineering Division at...With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an...Joseph Connolly is an aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center.Raquel Redhouse is a member of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, a mother, and an engineer.Native American NASA Astronaut, John Herrington is pictured here with Lucasti and Caibiya Tsabetsaye in front of the NASA Artemis...Eddie Gonzales works to mentor Native American students and others in underserved communities.Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, George Gorospe was taught by his parents to take pride in his Native...Reverend Nick Miles, Tecumseh Red Cloud, Pamunkey Tribe, performs a traditional Algonquian chant at a naming ceremony for 2014 MU69,...Powtawche Valerino is a guidance engineer who works for Aerodyne Industries at the NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the...A student from Sinte Gleska University works to build a model rover for a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars.All about MAIANSE.Orson John helps prepare Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) for encapsulation in the United Launch Alliance Delta II...When astronaut John Herrington made his voyage to space aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-113 mission, he became the first Native...George Gorospe was taken in the summer of 2010, when he participated in his first NASA internship as part in...Eddie Gonzales (second from right), a STEM mentor, poses with TEAM NASA members.Who was Mary Ross? Another 'hidden figure,' a mathematician and engineer.Dorian Janney (in blue, left), a GLOBE Observer Program Specialist from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, through a collaboration with...Soviet Commander Aleksey A. Leonov enjoys a tribal welcome from Shoshone Indians during a hunting trip in the Lander, Wyoming...
