12 Facts About Lissette Martinez

1.

Lissette Martinez was born on 1971, and is an electrical engineer and rocket scientist.

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Lissette Martinez's is the head of the Wallops Electrical Engineering Branch and the lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility which is part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where she is responsible for the testing of ground and flight hardware.

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3.

Lissette Martinez was born in Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican parents.

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4.

Lissette Martinez's was raised in Yauco, Puerto Rico where her family moved to when she was a child.

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5.

Lissette Martinez's wrote down and detailed every aspect of the way the moon looked.

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6.

Lissette Martinez's remembers that as an instrumental factor which inspired her to pursue a career in Space Science.

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In 1993, Lissette Martinez earned her Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and was offered a job at NASA.

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8.

Lissette Martinez was part of the team that launched a rocket from White Sands, New Mexico to gather information on the Comet Hale–Bopp in 1999.

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9.

Lissette Martinez's was featured in the November 2002 issue of Latina magazine.

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10.

Lissette Martinez's is responsible for providing electrical engineering support to Code 870 Space Experiment Module program.

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11.

Lissette Martinez's is responsible for the testing of ground and flight hardware.

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12.

Lissette Martinez continues to work at Wallops Flight Facility located in Virginia.

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