Date uploaded: 2022-08-26 13:00:47

“Having a role in bringing the rocket to this point—I felt like a rock star,” says Tiera Fletcher ’17 of her work developing NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is scheduled to launch its debut flight, #Artemis I, on Monday, 8.29. Upon launch, the SLS will be the world’s most powerful rocket. “It nearly brings tears to my eyes, because I saw it start on paper, physically crawled into the engine section, helped integrate the pieces, checked and balanced it via documents, and approved it to travel to the Kennedy Space Center.” More at the link in the bio. . . . @rocketwiththefletchers @NASA_SLS @NASA_Orion #MITAlum @MITAlumna @MITPics #mitalumnae