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Keep calm and carry on rocket girl3/18/2024 ![]() ![]() Additionally, she participated in the autonomous robotics competition, also led by Swanson. While at Boise State, Gale worked on the NASA Microgravity Next project, in which students teams–led by former astronaut Steve Swanson–design and build a prototype tool or device for NASA spacewalks. Gale credits the first astronaut she met to helping her see what was possible. I keep meeting astronauts, and every single time I’m trying to keep calm,” Gale said. She does this by sending commands to operate the systems on the station from NASA Johnson’s mission control room. ![]() Her work is critical to ensuring the conversion of solar power to electrical power, and the control, storage and delivery of electrical energy to the International Space Station. She is in her third week in her new role as the Station Power, Articulation and Thermal Control (SPARTAN) Flight Controller at NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas.Īs a flight controller, Gale works on mechanical, thermal and electrical power systems on the International Space Station. She’s a rocket scientist.’”Ĭatherine Gale, a 2021 mechanical engineering alum from Boise State relays this anecdote with a smile. My parents still stop waiters and waitresses and say, ‘This is our daughter. “I grew up cattle ranching, and my sister and I were the first to graduate college. Catherine Gale, a 2021 mechanical engineering alum from Boise State is now the Station Power, Articulation and Thermal Control (SPARTAN) Flight Controller at NASA Johnson Space Center in Texas ![]()
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