NASA的查斯·霍夫与他的印第安根相连

NASA的查斯·霍夫与他的印第安根相连

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Chas Hoff, visited the Space Environments Facility in 2019 with a group of safety and mission assurance experts prior to testing of the Orion spacecraft. Credits: NASA 2019年于2019年与一组安全和任务保证专家一起参观了空间环境设施，随后对猎户座航天器进行了测试。 影像来源：NASA When Chas Hoff’s children started asking questions about his Native American heritage, he realized he didn’t have many answers. 当查斯·霍夫的孩子们开始询问他的印第安血统时，他意识到自己没有很多答案。 Hoff, a public affairs specialist at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, grew up in Dowagiac, Michigan, a center of Potawatomi culture near the Indiana border. And while he knew that he had family connections to the Potawatomi people, he never asked his relatives for more information. 霍夫是NASA克利夫兰安全中心的公共事务专家，在密歇根州的多瓦吉亚克长大，那里靠近印第安纳州边境的波塔瓦托米文化中心。虽然他知道自己与波塔瓦托米人有亲属关系，但他从未向亲属询问更多信息。 “Now I’m trying to patch together the stories and documents of my great grandmother, but like a lot of Native American history, it’s complicated,” he said. “After the…

Powtawche Valerino：支持NASA的太空发射系统计划

Powtawche Valerino：支持NASA的太空发射系统计划

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Powtawche Valerino is a guidance engineer who works for Aerodyne Industries at the NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the agency’s Space Launch System program. She has worked at four different NASA facilities as an intern and as a full-time employee or contractor at Stennis Space Center, Johnson Space Center, Marshall Space Flight Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “Without a doubt,” she says, “each NASA center’s unique mission, personality, heritage, and expertise makes working for NASA profoundly rewarding.” View the Native American Heritage Month Gallery. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Image Credit: courtesy of Powtawche Valerino Powtawche Valerino是一位指导工程师，在NASA马歇尔太空飞行中心的Aerodyne工业公司工作，为该机构的太空发射系统计划提供支持。 她曾在四个不同的NASA设施担任实习生，并在Stennis航天中心，Johnson航天中心，Marshall航天飞行中心和喷气推进实验室担任全职员工或承包商。 她说：“毫无疑问，每个NASA中心的独特使命，个性，传承和专业知识使为NASA工作深有收获。” 查看美国原住民遗产月画廊。 #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth 图片来源：Powtawche Valerino提供