Dr. Chien-Ting Chen studies supermassive black holes and their connection to galaxy evolution in the X-ray group of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Chen studies distant ...

Dr. Doug Swartz is a Principal Research Scientist with nearly 30 years involvement within the X-ray Astrophysics Group at the Marshall Space Flight Center. He joined USRA in 1995. He is currently the ...

“I hope to continue my work at NASA and contribute to aeronautics-related science and engineering for the betterment of ...

Adam Goldstein was raised in a small town in southwestern Missouri. He completed a B.S. in Physics with Honors at the University of Arkansas in 2007, writing and defending an Honors Thesis on the ...

Dr. Linda Neergaard Parker is the director of the Science and Technology Institute at Universities Space Research Association (USRA).

USRA STEMaction Center is working to strengthen the workforce of the future and ensure young people's talents, especially from low-income, rural, and minority families, are developed. We achieve this ...

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is committed to ensuring that qualified businesses of all types receive meaningful subcontracting and vendor opportunities with us. To begin the process, ...

As a child, seeing the IMAX film Hubble with its images of billion year old distant galaxies “swallowing me up whole from that massive screen” inspired Brooke’s sense of wonder, humility, and ...

Joseph has always been interested in outer space and space flight. He was active in his high school's robotics club, so studying aerospace engineering seemed a natural fit. He enjoys exploring ideas ...

Natalie grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, but spent ample time visiting family in Hawai’i in sight of the domes of the Mauna Kea observatories. She anxiously awaited the time when she was old ...

Hannah grew up in Cocoa Beach, Florida, watching from her driveway as rockets launched from Kennedy Space Center. Despite her proximity to KSC, she never considered pursuing a career in space research ...