For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Too
This personal connection may inspire others from rural areas to pursue careers in aerospace engineering.
Growing up in Grafton, West Virginia, engrossed in Star Wars and all things science fiction, Fletcher Newell had an early interest in space exploration. That interest only grew when, in 2013, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to a nearby NASA facility he had not yet heard of – NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […]
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