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When I was a little girl,

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I wanted to be an astronaut

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a scientist

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a doctor

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a fighter pilot.

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When I was a little girl, I wanted
to grow up to be strong and independent.

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When we were asked to draw a picture
of what we wanted to be when we grew up,

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I drew an astronaut
standing on the surface of the Moon.

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All I thought about was
when I was going to get to NASA.

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It's a huge honor to be NASA's
first female launch director,

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to be the launch director for Artemis.

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NASA has so many wonderful women pioneers,
so many heroes to me.

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Some of the most amazing women in
my eyes are people like Katherine Johnson

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and the other women
that you've seen in Hidden Figures.

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Sometimes it's difficult
to believe that I'm on this side now

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wearing this blue flight suit
with all of the other astronauts

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representing this iconic image
that had so inspired

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and excited me my entire life.

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Being of South Asian heritage,

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Kalpana Chawla was just such a big thing
for me, growing up.

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I've always looked up to Sally Ride
and Mae Jemison, who really laid

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the foundation to allow people like me
to be in the position that I am now.

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All of these women were

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pushing those boundaries
and breaking those glass ceilings.

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Now, of course, there are some fantastic
women in leadership positions

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that inspire me every day.

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So much has changed
since the Apollo program.

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During the Apollo 11 launch,

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we have one woman,
one out of 400 engineers in the room.

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And I look at our team today,

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it's much more a reflection of the world that we live in.

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A big piece of why it's so important
to have women and diverse backgrounds,

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because it allows us to bring everybody
along with us on this journey.

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It doesn't really matter
what you look like.

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If you've got the brains and you have
the knowledge, we need you at the table.

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We are at such an exciting

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time in human spaceflight right now
and Artemis is such a huge part of that.

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We haven't been to the moon in many,
many years.

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We have a lot of younger generation folks
that have never seen that happen.

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We will understand

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so much more about the Moon,
about the Earth, about our solar system.

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We're going to stay.

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And to me, that's an amazing idea.

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The Moon is going to be the blueprint
for how we go to Mars

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and out into the solar system
and maybe beyond.

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It is incredibly exciting to be part
of this part of this Artemis team.

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It still feels pretty surreal to think
that I might one day walk on the Moon.

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To see a woman and a person of color
on the surface of the Moon,

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to be able to say
that space is for everyone

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and that we go to space to make life 
better here on Earth for everyone,

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I know the tears will be in my eyes.

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My message to women and girls out

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there is to find your passion,
whatever that is.

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Don't let anyone tell you what you can do
or can't do.

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Only you can realize your dreams.

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Space for everyone.

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And if me being in this role helps
to send that message,

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I think that's a great thing.

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And I just actually love that
I don't feel like a woman at NASA.

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I just feel like a person at NASA.

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The women of NASA are Artemis

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and we make a difference every day.

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I am NASA's
Spacewalk Office Hardware Manager.

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I'm the Program Scientist
for Space Biology.

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I'm the director of NASA's
Johnson Space Center.

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I am Artemis.

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私はアルテミスです

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Yo soy Artemis.

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Az sŭm Artemida.

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Ana ...

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Je suis ...

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Ich bin ...