Andrea Mosie calls herself "a Moon person". As she should. For nearly five decades, Andrea has worked at NASA's Johnson Space Center, where she is responsible for curating Apollo lunar samples, a job that is truly out of this world. She helps to allocate the samples to scientists around the world, who then use them for scientific research, studying anything from understanding the Moon's origin and evolution to investigating its bombardment history to inventorying its chemical reservoir that includes water, among other topics. Andrea started the job almost immediately after college (earning degrees in Chemistry and Math from Huston-Tillotson University) and found that the job suited her penchant for organization and having things "just right".
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| Mosie, Senior Scientist Specialist, holds an Apollo 15 lunar sample (credit: NASA). |
Learn more about Andrea's amazing career in her own words.
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