The women behind the Artemis program
Meet Laura Poliah, Sharon Cobb, Stephanie Wilson and Charlie Blackwell Thompson, who are key players in NASA's Artemis program.
In the United States’ effort to return to the moon, women key to the operation hope to make history in the final frontier. “When we go back to the moon, with the first woman, the first person of color … those iconic boot prints mean that space and exploration are for everyone,” Blackwell Thompson said. On the ground, NASA has already changed from the historically white male staff. “The folks that are helping to build this rocket, there are the managers, the chief engineers, there are women that are in very strong, capable positions everywhere we look,” Thomson said. Today, 30% of NASA’s senior executives are women. The team working on the return to the moon is 35% female. This time, as Cobb said, going to the moon will be "one giant leap for humankind."
