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Short, informal discussions with members of NASA's diverse data-user community providing personal insight into how data are being used around the world.

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Headshot of Aaron Friesz, NASA Openscapes mentor

Aaron Friesz, a NASA Openscapes mentor at NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), helps promote open science principles to empower more diverse, inclusive, and effective data science communities.

Dr. Philip Brodrick stands before a mountainous and forested landscape.

NASA has long used imaging spectroscopy to peer into space. Now, scientists are using the technology to take a closer look at Earth.

Dr. Shailen Desai, NASA’s Measurement System Engineer for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission

New instruments like the Ka-band Radar Interferometer present NASA Engineers with calibration and validation challenges.

Dr. David Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist poses with a globe showing wavy patterns of satellite data. Peterson is in a white, button-down shirt and sitting in the lobby of a large office building. A staircase with a white railing can be seen in the background.

For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.

This is a square image divided into four quadrants and bordered in the color blue. In each quadrant is a picture of a winter forest scene. Overlaid across the entire image is a blue graphic of the Earth featuring North America. The Earth graphic is encircled by a green ring with the words “public-powered Earth science” written in white.

Dr. Gerald (Stinger) Guala talks about the many ways citizen scientists are enhancing NASA's Earth science data collection.

Dr. Yaitza Luna-Cruz smiling and wearing a white dress coat while standing in front of a wall of office plaques and a Puerto Rican flag.

Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz explains why environmental justice matters and how NASA Earth science data are helping at-risk communities.

Photo of Karen MIchael, EOSDIS System Manager and LANCE Manager

As EOSDIS System Manager and LANCE Manager, Karen Michael has two roles, but has one mission: ensuring users get the data they need.

ESDIS Data Visualization Lead Ryan Boller

Ryan Boller, ESDIS Data Visualization Lead, plays a key role in the development of NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services and Worldview.

This is an image of Chris Mishaga.

In the Information Technology sector, change is constant. For Information Systems Security Officer Christopher Mishaga, so is the need to protect the infrastructure and the integrity of NASA data.

Justin Rice Headshot

“The most challenging part of new technologies is that they’re new,” says Justin L. Rice, NASA’s Deputy Manager for the ESDIS Project’s Science Systems Development Office, who plays a leadership role in the development of several projects critical to the ESDIS and EOSDIS missions.

headshot of Alfreda Hall

Alfreda Hall leads NASA's Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program that purchases data from commercial vendors.

Photograph of Dr. Chelle Gentemann

Open science, open-source software, and cloud-based Big Data collections are changing how science is conducted and expanding the possibilities for what scientists can do with NASA data.