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ALT Photo from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover shows a small, white sample tube lying on the sandy surface of Mars. About the size of a marker, the tube sits in the shadow of the rover that released it. Part of the rover’s left rear wheel is visible at top right, along with tracks it has made on the dusty ground.
ALT NASA employees Denna Lambert (left), Victoria Garcia (center) and Dr. K. Renee Horton (right) pictured inside an AA2 plane during a zero-gravity flight with the Zero Gravity Corporation sponsored by AstroAccess on Dec. 15. They're all wearing navy blue flight suits and floating in the microgravity environment. Credits: AstroAccess
ALT Ambassador Denna Lambert and me. Deena works at NASA HQ as Accessibility Lead for NASA's Early Stage Innovations & Partnerships
ALT Ambassadors John Kemp and Michi Kemphaus strapped in with an adaptive airplane seat between them
ALT Liz Warren setting up the cameras for data on the plane. I was so happy to be partnered with her!
ALT Liz Warren setting up the cameras for data on the plane. I was so happy to be partnered with her!
ALT AstroAccess ambassadors and ground crew members pose for a team photo in a parking lot.
ALT Sirisha Bandla (L) has two thumbs up next to Eric Ingram (R), AstroAccess ambassador, to indicate that he is successfully buckled in a 5-point harness while seated in the demonstration seat aboard the ZeroG plane.
ALT Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen, AstroAccess ambassador, smiles as she buckles one of the 5-point harness straps over her shoulder as part of the seat docking drill experiment. She is seated in the middle row of an airplane cabin seat during the flight of the ZeroG aircraft.
ALT Lindsay Yazzolino, AstroAccess ambassador, is buckled in a 5-point harness while seated in a blue demonstration seat in a nearly laying back position. She is seated inside of the ZeroG aircraft during set up.
![Denna Lambert [L], Victoria Garcia [C], Dr. K Renee Horton [R], float in zero-gravity to investigate accessibility techniques for future space vehicles and space stations onboard AstroAccess' disabled research parabolic flight conducted on December 15, 2022 at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkGzBGcXEAEv_xi.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Denna Lambert [L], Victoria Garcia [C], Dr. K Renee Horton [R], float in zero-gravity to investigate accessibility techniques for future space vehicles and space stations onboard AstroAccess' disabled research parabolic flight conducted on December 15, 2022 at Ellington Field in Houston Texas.
ALT The ambassadors are smiling in front of a Zero-G plane with all their arms raised in excitement.
ALT The entire AA2 crew pictured in front of the Zero-G plane before takeoff.
ALT AstroAccess ambassadors pose for a group photo in their flight suits in front of the ZeroG aircraft, in preparation for liftoff.
ALT A solid dark blue background. On the right side of the of the image in big white text is the number “1”. On the left side of the image is the AstroAccess Flight 2 patch. The patch is a vertical rounded rectangle. There is a thick red border. At the top of the red border is the word “AstroAccess” in white and at the bottom is the phrase “Flight 2” also in white. The left side of the border has “AstroAccess” in braille and the right side of the border says “Flight 2” in braille. Inside the border is a black background with an upright rocket. The rocket is grey with blue accents on the tip, tail, and wings. The international symbols for disability (signing, moving wheelchair, hearing aid, nonapparent, neurodiversity, and a white cane) are on the grey part of the rocket in blue. There is a rainbow wrapped around the rocket with Australia, Germany, Brazil, USA, and Spain in white text representing the countries of AA2 flyers.
ALT Anna Voelker (Caucasian with a black shirt and dark red hair) pointing to a projected screen in a hotel room with other people looking).
ALT Denna Lambert (Black woman with black hair done in a ponytail, with a black shirt and grey shorts) smiles at the camera while buckled in a black 5-point harness and sitting down in a brown hotel chair.
ALT Lindsay Yazzolino (brown woman with black curly shoulder-length hair, wearing a multicolored dress with blue and brown tones), smiles at the camera while buckled in a black 5-point harness and laying in a blue beach lawn chair. There are blue pool noodles underneath her legs for support. The chair is set up in a red carpet floor with a flower pattern.
ALT The first class of the Brooke Owens Fellowship, with undergraduate students standing in a group on an outdoor rooftop deck. The American flag and the Capitol Building in Washington DC are in the background. everyone is smiling and wearing business clothes.
ALT Group photo of about 50 Brooke Owens Fellows outside on the patio behind the Summit venue. Everyone is smiling, shining through the humidity, wearing business-professional clothes, and sitting or standing together in a wide-angle photo.
ALT The Brooke Owens Fellowship and Patti Grace Smith Fellowship logos are displayed over a recent image from NASA's JW Space Telescope. Below each logo are a few details, including the urls for each program, the program eligibility, and the program deadlines. BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP: brookeowensfellowship.org Applications due: October 10th, 2022 Eligibility: All female and non-binary undergrads (bachelors or associates) are eligible PATTI GRACE SMITH FELLOWSHIP: pgsfellowship.org Applications due: October 23rd, 2022 Eligibility: All Black and African-American undergrads (bachelors or associates) who are US Citizens or Permanent Residents seeking their first aerospace internship are eligible