For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Too

NASA · August 13, 2026 · article

Growing up in Grafton, West Virginia, engrossed in Star Wars and all things science fiction, Fletcher Newell had an early interest in space exploration. That interest only grew when, in 2013, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to a nearby NASA facility he had not yet heard of – NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […]— NASA

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