ESI research engineer Carissa Arillo recounts her time supporting the NASA Plankton-Aerosol-Cloud-ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in this new Conversations with Goddard feature titled "Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals." She supported flight operations for HARP2 in preparation for the PACE launch as part of NASA GSFC's Mission Operations Center. At the ESI, Carissa leads HARP2 on-orbit flight operations on PACE and artificial intelligence development for a new Earth science mission concept.
(Profile photo credit: NASA/Dennis Henry)