NASA's Jessica Samuels Is Breaking Barriers in Space

Jessica Samuels is the mission manager for the Mars Perseverance rover.

NASA engineer Jessica Samuels is the Mars mission manager, leading the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and inspiring other women in STEM. Her dream job was to work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where she has been working for over 20 years. "I started as an integration and test engineer," Samuels said. "Then becoming a systems engineer supporting from flight director to now mission manager." Over the decades, not only have women made gains in the STEM fields like Samuels, they are also moving into leadership positions. Samuels is a role model to her two daughters and has some advice for anyone looking to go into a STEM field. "I want to make sure that girls out there that if you are interested in space and learning how things work then go out there and don't be afraid to ask why."

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