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The Many Hats of NASA Engineer Jennifer Lu

Small Steps, Giant Leaps by Katie Konans

Feb 4, 202616:13Science & Medicine

From her experience working with the Commercial Crew Program, which sends astronauts to the International Space Station aboard commercial spacecraft, to the Artemis missions to the Moon, aerospace engineer Jennifer Lu sh...

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The Many Hats of NASA Engineer Jennifer Lu is an episode from Small Steps, Giant Leaps by Katie Konans. From her experience working with the Commercial Crew Program, which sends astronauts to the International Space Station aboard commercia...

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