SourceFor West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Too
Bringing mission-critical technical roles into permanent civil service improves the safety and reliability of spacecraft. This directly impacts the ability to safely return humans to the Moon and establish a lunar base.
- 51 new employees were sworn in as NASA civil servants at the Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia.
- The hires support NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's directive to enhance technical core competencies.
- Engineer Fletcher Newell was among the sworn-in civil servants after previously earning the 2025 IV&V Engineer of the Year award for identifying over 70 issues across Gateway and Space Reactor-1 Freedom.
- IV&V engineers are actively verifying systems for lunar missions including Orion, Gateway, and the Human Landing System.