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Any advice for the next generation of STEM students?

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For all of the kids out there who are interested in space
exploration,

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be excited and be looking forward to the next steps
because we are just starting our Moon and Mars program.

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So your generation is going to be the generation
to see the next

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great accomplishments.

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Meet

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Carrie

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Green

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What is your current role 
at NASA Glenn?

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We try to build the story
of how likely it is for a component to fail,

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and then how does that failure, again, combined
with everything else that happens on the vehicle,

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what is the final probability of failure
for the entire mission and be able to correct those

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and design a new or improved set of components

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going forward so that we can fix those items.

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Was working for NASA always a dream for you?

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NASA is the epitome, I think, of

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anyone that really wanted to be an astronaut
when they grew up.

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I went to space camp as an eighth grader
and before that I was

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somebody who really loved math and science
but didn't know what to do with it.

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I remember watching Apollo 13 with one of my best friends

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and then arguing about
who was going to be the first woman on Mars.

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So it's a very ironic turn of events
that I'm here today, and I can't believe this is my life.

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You know, I get to be

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at the forefront of human exploration.

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What would you tell the
10-year-old version of yourself?

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You're going to hit some speed bumps in life,
especially as you go through school.

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Those speed bumps might propel you to somewhere

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that you would not have expected
and to a destination that is amazing.

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So I also had teachers that told me I was an introvert
and I wouldn't really go far in life.

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So you really have to be able to take those setbacks
and get past them

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and know that there is a purpose
for you and a place for you,

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especially in this industry.

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Something on your Bucket List

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My husband and I hiked 300 miles
of the Pacific Crest Trail in college.

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We traveled from central Oregon to central Washington.

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A lot of adventures and also setbacks along the way.

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But at some point, again, Bucket List

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I'd love to hike the Appalachian Trail.

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We've done bits and pieces.

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I actually went to school at Virginia Tech,
so did a lot of local Virginia hikes.

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What are some of your hobbies?

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I am a avid reader, runner, hiker -- when I have time.

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And that's a huge caveat!

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So as a mother of three children,
I love to be part of our family life.

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I also coach 4-H and Science Olympiad,

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so it's fun to be able to take what I do for work

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and make it even more fun for kids at home.

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What are your short-term goals at NASA?

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Getting close to the first crewed flight in a
couple of years and the first landing flight on the moon.

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So five years from now,
I would love to build on that and be able to see

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the first human use our craft

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and hopefully the first woman on the moon.

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As we celebrate women this month, 
who do you look up to?

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I feel like the women that are trailblazers are often

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those that just see something that needs to get done
and they just go do it.

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So that to me is why we’re here today and celebrating
Women's History Month is that the women that needed to

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accomplish something, they just went and did it.

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Who has inspired you along the way?

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My mother is a force of nature.

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She really pushes to continue to learn and grow.

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And she received her

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master’s of divination recently

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and went back to school for that.

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Her sister, my aunt, went to college for engineering
back in the day when it wasn’t a very common thing.

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So I come from a long line of strong women.

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Do the results of your testing 
directly lead to changes on the 
European Service Modules?

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Absolutely!

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So our team, again, the European Integration Office here 
at NASA Glenn is a key player in the overall vehicle.

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We work directly with our European counterparts.

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We both have remote meetings
and we travel extensively to Bremen, Germany,

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where they design and build the European Service Module.

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The European Service Module was constructed to provide resources 
for the crewed flights that we’re entering into as part of the Artemis  programs.

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Where did you grow up?

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I am from Wooster, Ohio, originally.

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I grew up about an hour south of here, and I will say
the Glenn Research Center was this mythological entity.

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I can remember my brother coming home from school
one day and saying,

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“Oh, this kid down the street just got an internship there. 
I guess he’s a lot smarter than you.”

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And I was like, I don’t even know what they do, and I’m
sure I will never know, but