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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 ...

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 ...

Madi’s interest in astronomy was born in the aisles of a bookstore when as an eight-year-old she was entranced by pictures of swirling supernovae on the cover of The Children’s Atlas of the Universe.

When Wilbert was very young, just beginning to read, he picked up his grandfather’s encyclopedias and was fascinated by the pictures of space or anything space related. Since then he has pursued his ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a young girl, Joanna was interested in theatre and dance. But her interest changed when her father started working toward his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. She found mechanical ...

Andy grew up loving to build things and loving space. But she was not encouraged toward science. So she pursued studies in communications and theatre and ended up working in marketing. But she always ...

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 ...

When she was young, teaching was Kristina's dream career. In high school, Kristina was inspired to study astronomy and physics by her physics teacher. She's happy teaching is still her dream career ...