Women like Andrea Meyer are part of a new breed of women taking their place in the annals of space history and the human journey to the beginning of space and time. A breed of tough minded, can't-keep-me-down individuals use to people telling they have no chance of success, women like Andrea are big believers in the saying everything happens for a reason. This tough minded lady survived a plane crash years ago that sent her down the path to becoming the program analyst in the Office of the Ch...

A career in the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration opens doors to a world of exploration and discovery more and more people from around the world are deciding to enter every year. Women and men around all corners of the globe come to NASA to join in the exploration of the universe and the world around us and try to delve deeper than their predecessors into the mysteries surrounding us.

This series of articles is on the women of NASA, their journey from an inspired young w...