Michelle Rucker is the Mars Architecture team lead within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate's Architecture Development Office. In this cross-agency role, she is responsible for developing end-to-end, crewed Mars mission concepts, and creating a talented team of leaders who will ultimately shepherd humans to Mars and beyond. In this talk, Michelle will share the processes and developments that will ensure this bold venture comes to fruition.
Ms. Rucker started her career in the oil industry in Houston. She began her NASA career in 1986 as a test engineer at White Sands in New Mexico, supervising hazardous materials tests and managing a hypervelocity impact research laboratory. Michelle has served as a system engineer in the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) Programs, developing environmental control and life support systems, supervised spacesuit and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) tools projects, and on the Constellation Program’s Orion and Altair lunar lander test and verification teams.
Originally from Alaska, Michelle earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University.
BEFORE: Join other retirees for lunch every First Thursday at 12:00 noon, at Luby's -- 20001 Gulf Freeway in Webster
AFTER: Following the First Thursday program, head over to the KOTM (Keg of the Month)!! KOTM will be held at 4 pm in the Bluebonnet Pavilion.
