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  • NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage: El Ayer y El Mañana

    NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage: El Ayer y El Mañana

    Join host and award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien for NASA’s “Hispanic Heritage: El Ayer y El Mañana” (The Past and the Future) event, a conversation about the upcoming Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, NASA’s influence on Hispanic-American culture, and the pioneering spirit of Latinos.

    Participants include Dr. Ellen R. Stofan, under secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution, and Dr. Marla Pérez-Davis, director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center. NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Joe Acaba join other voices from across the agency, and Administrator Bill Nelson delivers closing remarks.

    00:00-00:15 Show open
    00:15-2:15 Host Soledad O’Brien’s opening remarks
    2:15-12:13 Conversation with Smithsonian’s Dr. Ellen R. Stofan about the National Museum of the American Latino
    12:13-17:27 Remarks from Dr. Marla Pérez-Davis, Center Director at NASA Glenn Research Center
    17:27-22:50 Remarks from Debbie Martínez, Marlyn Andino, Miguel Alvarez, Gaudy Bezos-O’Connor, and George Altamirano at NASA Langley Research Center
    22:50-27:03 Remarks from Sandra Cauffman, Earth Science Deputy Director
    27:03-30:47 Remarks from Gisela Muñoz, Crew Systems Astronaut Instructor at NASA Johnson Space Center
    30:47-34:22 Continued conversation about the National Museum of the American Latino
    34:22-42:24 Conversation with NASA astronauts Dr. Frank Rubio and Joe Acaba
    42:24-46:09 Continued conversation about the National Museum of the American Latino
    46:09-50:35 Workforce remarks from Liliana Villarreal at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Elio Morillo at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Cesar Acosta at NASA Ames Research Center
    50:35-52:33 Continued conversation about the National Museum of the American Latino
    52:33-54:29 Host Soledad O’Brien’s closing remarks
    54:25-55:44 Closing remarks from NASA’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance
    55:44-57:32 Closing remarks from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson

    Producers: Lacey Young, David Anderson
    Editor: David Anderson
    Music: Universal Production Music

  • NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    Join astronaut Frank Rubio and leaders from NASA on Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. ET as we celebrate the contributions of Hispanic Americans across the agency during a special program titled “Hispanics: Be Proud of Your Past, Embrace the Future.” Participants for this Hispanic Heritage Month program include:

    Jim Green, NASA chief scientist
    Bettina Inclán, NASA associate administrator for Communications
    Clara O’Farrell, Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Engineer
    Erika Podest, climate scientist

    Opening remarks by NASA associate administrator Steve Jurczyk.

  • NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Event, ¡Latinos STEM Up!

    NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Event, ¡Latinos STEM Up!

    On Oct. 12, NASA’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) celebrated Hispanic Heritage month with a panel discussion of the contributions of Hispanics to NASA’s mission and the importance of Hispanic representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.

    This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/#/details-NHQ_%202017_1012_NASA%20Hispanic%20Heritage%20Month%20Event,%20%C2%A1Latinos%20STEM%20Up!.html

  • NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile – Claudia Herrera – Armstrong Flight Research Center

    NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile – Claudia Herrera – Armstrong Flight Research Center

    Claudia Herrera has been with NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center since January of 2005, and works as a Structural Dynamics engineer. Claudia is involved in the life cycle phase of flight‑test projects that take finite element models to flight‑test validation, participating in both the analytical and ground and flight test aspects of model correlation and verification.

  • NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile – Scarlin Hernandez – JWST Spacecraft Engineer (STScI)

    NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile – Scarlin Hernandez – JWST Spacecraft Engineer (STScI)

    Scarlin Hernandez is a Spacecraft Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD.  She tests and verifies the ground systems that will be used to command and control the telescope once it’s in space. The telescope will be used to discover new planets and the first stars after the dark ages.  The National Science Foundation awarded her a full college scholarship to the Capitol Technology University (CTU) in Laurel, MD.  Scarlin completed a internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and by the age of 20, she was part of the ground control system team for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite.  In 2013, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, but she found her real niche in Astronautical Engineering.  After graduation, Scarlin was the mission planning lead for the TRMM mission before transferring to work on the James Webb Space Telescope mission.

  • NASA 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month Profile — Luis Dominguez – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    NASA 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month Profile — Luis Dominguez – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Luis Dominguez is a systems engineer in the Systems Integration and Test Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California (JPL). Dominguez is a Test Conductor/Analyst for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission System Testbed Team. He started at JPL as an academic part time employee in the fall of 2007 working for the MSL Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations (ATLO) Team and subsequently moved to the Testbed team in 2009. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the Leimert Park/Mid-City area. Luis holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.