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Q: Did USRA/LPI consult with NASA HQ’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) before or after removing DEI content from public-facing sites? A: Before DEI content was removed, USRA sought NASA’s approval to ...

Kevin became interested in astronomy at a young age when his grandparents gave him a book about the universe as he was learning to read. He stepped away from his interest in middle school but then ...

Universities Space Research Association (“USRA”) manages the Lunar and Planetary Institute (“LPI”) under a cooperative agreement with NASA. USRA also manages NASA’s Planetary Science Analysis Groups ...

Growing up in Bangalore in India, seeing the stars wasn’t Aniket’s inspiration (since Bangalore’s skies are heavily light-polluted), but his own curiosity about what lies beyond the confines of planet ...

Ayanna grew up in a low-income Black household in Detroit, “navigating a labyrinth”, and being taught, as she says, “to live life as an undetected black girl in America because that is what I must do ...

Reading Scott Parazynski’s The Sky Below inspired Sarah that space could be her next great adventure. Sarah grew up in a town where it’s likely there are more cows than people, and young women were ...

Shannon first found her passion for data science while on her deployment to Afghanistan in 2014 with the Army National Guard. She found an interest in intelligence analysis and saw what the impact of ...

As a youngster, Tyler always thought anything about space was fascinating and wanted to do something related to it. This interest paused in his teenage years, but he has pursued it with a vengeance in ...

Theo finds astronomy fascinating “because there’s always a new topic that can be explored or perspective to be considered.” Theo is interested in star formation and the interstellar medium, as well as ...

Bella is captivated by “the vastness of our universe and the seamless overlap of various astrophysics disciplines”. Her fascination with astronomy started with a book her third grade teacher shared ...

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, ...