Artemis I rocket undergoes flight readiness review ahead of historic launch
Read full article: Artemis I rocket undergoes flight readiness review ahead of historic launchMany are anticipating the launch of NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center next week, and key mission managers are conducting a flight readiness review Monday.
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This engineer worked her way up to launch director at Kennedy Space Center
Read full article: This engineer worked her way up to launch director at Kennedy Space CenterThis engineer worked her way up to launch director at Kennedy Space CenterPublished: December 6, 2019, 9:57 amThree years ago, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center made history when it named Charlie Blackwell-Thompson launch director. She’s the first woman to ever hold the position.
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Over 30 years at Kennedy Space Center this engineer worked her way up to launch director
Read full article: Over 30 years at Kennedy Space Center this engineer worked her way up to launch directorThree years ago, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center made history when it named Charlie Blackwell-Thompson launch director. “When I came here to Kennedy Space Center, and I walked in Fire Room 1, I absolutely knew that I wanted to be a part of this team,” she said. In 2016, she was offered the job by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana and become the first woman in the history of NASA to hold that position. We’re also doing what we call launch team simulations, those have already started months ago,” Blackwell-Thompson said. Her journey at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center spans more than three decades with many fulfilling moments and challenges.
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KSC’s first woman engineer laid groundwork for first female launch director
Read full article: KSC’s first woman engineer laid groundwork for first female launch directorFifty years later, the firing room will be led by the first woman launch director. As launch director, Blackwell-Thompson will oversee the countdown first launch of NASA’s astronaut capsule, the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System, the mission known as Artemis-1, from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. Artemis-1 Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson in the firing room at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center. AdMorgan, who started in 1958 as an intern with the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, would become the first female engineer at Kennedy Space Center, but it wasn't without challenges. “If there are young people or young girls that look at NASA's female launch director, and they say, ‘You know what?
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