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In celebration of International Women's Day, Schindler Elevator Corporation interviewed female employees that paved the way for women in the industry. in this conversation, Andrea Hanna and Marsha Williams reflect on meaningful moments throughout their careers.

I interviewed my father, Jeff Funk, about people who have impacted him the most, lessons he's learned throughout his life, personal accomplishments, and more.

George Allen my grandfather gets interviewed bye his grandson Cameron Evans. George worked at General Electronics where he helped build the fuel cells for the Gemini space ships, the same spaceship that went to the Moon. George's parents were born...

One Small Step conversation partners Jim Brown (75) and Paul Anderson (78) have a conversation about their backgrounds, losses in life, political views, education, the environment, and meeting up in the future for a beer. They find common ground despite...

This interview of my grandpa and I is all about his life and career. He helped to put the first man on the moon and was an important part of the Lunar Module Landing. We also talk about my grandma...

One Small Step conversation partners Cynthia Richmond (62) and Mark Ammann (62) find they have a lot of unique aspects of their stories in common as they talk about the believing in finding common ground, the foster children in their...

Dr. Alex Lockwood is the project scientist on the science communication team for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Science Institute. While earning her Ph.D. in Planetary Astronomy and Science, Alex had the unique opportunity to star...

In celebration of International Women's Day, Schindler Elevator Corporation interviewed female employees that paved the way for women in the industry. in this conversation, Linda Lewis and Sula Moudakis reflect on how strong relationships have enabled their success.

A story about the Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion

Richard Algea (46) speaks to his colleague, Christina O'Guinn (45) about their journey as educators and their partnership as part of the Tech Academy. They discuss the lessons they've learned and what excited them about teaching engineering.

Greg Brown (62) talks to tech challenge participants, Allegra Ziegler Hunt (17) and team member (18) about what they've learned by going through the Tech Challenge for the past 4 years.

Dr. Ved Chirayath is both director and lead research scientist for NASA’s Laboratory for Advanced Sensing (LAS) at NASA Ames in Mountain View, California. His research is focused on inventing new instruments and technologies to map the ocean and planetary...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Linda Love Mesler, whose family has roots in rural Iowa for hundreds of years, talks about her global childhood, from New York to Cambodia. After becoming a technology lawyer, she settled in Andover and is...

Steve Desroches (47) and John Duffy (76) talk about Duffy's work in solar energy and in particular relief projects in Peru.

[Recorded Friday, May 19, 2023] Dave (53) and John (39) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. John is a proud father and teaches college writing and literature. Dave has worked in the tourism industry, as an actor,...

Dr. David Smith is a microbiologist at the NASA Ames Research Center. David led the design, construction, and validation of two NASA Balloon Program payloads carrying biology experiments (E-MIST and MARSBOx) as well as the use of a bio-aerosol collector...

Interviewing the man who developed the guidance systems that put men in space.

Ismail Abuhelal is my grandfather that grew up in a small village in Egypt with 11 siblings. This interview covers his childhood memories and transition to moving to Sweden and becoming a nuclear engineer, teacher, and now principal and founder...

Jonathan Hale is one of 25 students in the new Student Airborne Science Activation (SaSa) program at the NASA Ames Research Center. Students at SaSa are undergraduates from minority-serving institutions, competitively selected across the United States. Over the course of...

We talk about the Persian Gulf War, the Vietnam War, the Space Race, and JFK

My grandfather grew up as a navy brat and lived different places around the world. He was a NASA engineer with a passion for golf and cars.

Spouses Ardoth Hassler-Short [no age given] and James Short (75) share a conversation about how they met and about the more than forty years they have spent together.

My father, Steve, talks about his journey to the US and why he did it. The beautiful sights of California, greater opportunities, and cars influenced his decision to leave the United Kingdom.

This interview reflected on the structures of racism in the life of someone who has influenced me

One Small Step partners Leon Hoover (71) and Robert "Bob" Shore (75) talk about their political views and their careers in energy and behavioral health. They reflect on the current state of abortion and energy policy and discuss the influence...