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<\/a><\/figure>Based at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Duchesne has been part of CLDP since 2021, but her NASA career spans more than 20 years. She started in 2003 as a contractor for KBR Wyle Services, supporting the International Space Station Program as a biomedical engineering flight controller. She worked with the flight control and medical teams to address real-time anomalies and support crewmembers through key milestones and also spent seven months in Germany to help the ESA (European Space Agency) establish its own biomedical engineering flight controller program.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Duchesne then moved to the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) engineering team, where she worked with the fledgling Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Program as an ECLSS integrator and managed the integration strategy between NASA and Russian ECLSS on the International Space Station. She also served as the lead system manager for emergency response, helping to develop the space station\u2019s ammonia leak response and related hardware. Duchesne became a civil servant in 2017 when she was hired as a Mission Evaluation Room (MER) manager for the program\u2019s Vehicle Office.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure>Duchesne said being a MER manager was a standout experience. \u201cIt was both humbling and inspiring to come to work every day knowing that I could pull from the best minds in the space industry to find a solution to any problem that came our way,\u201d she said. Still, she is hard-pressed to identify a favorite role or project among her varied experiences. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to work in a lot of different areas at NASA and experience perspectives that have all provided challenges, successes, and lessons learned.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In her current role with CLDP, Duchesne applies her extensive space station experience to leading NASA\u2019s Space Act Agreement with commercial space station developer Starlab Space. \u201cI love being part of the future of low Earth orbit and being able to provide these new companies with lessons learned from my years working station and connecting our partners with all the knowledgeable subject matter experts at NASA,\u201d she said. \u201cIt feels rewarding to help the commercial industry stand on our shoulders to do new great things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Beyond her technical work, Duchesne strives to provide an example to her colleagues by being her authentic self in the workplace and honoring those who do the same. \u201cI think it is so important for all of us to create safe spaces for each person to bring their whole selves to what we\u2019re trying to achieve,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople\u2019s unique life experiences and backgrounds provide rich space for connection and different perspectives on problems that NASA is trying to solve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Duchesne takes pride in NASA\u2019s celebration of diversity in the workplace, and the value the agency places on all team members being able to live and work openly and authentically. \u201cI feel fortunate to work in a community where I\u2019m \u00a0able to live this value in front of my children, and all the younger generations, so that it is no longer considered exceptional, but expected in their future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Outside of work, Duchesne enjoys spending time with her wife \u2013 who also works for NASA \u2013 and their three children. \u201cWe love family road trips which give us time to connect and be together. Our dog Aston is the real boss of the house and joins us on all of our adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure>She hopes to share with her children and other members of the Artemis Generation a love for exploring the unknown and the confidence to achieve greatness in their own ways. \u201cI look forward to them taking the reins, using the unique skills and techniques they have honed in today\u2019s world \u2013 which is different than the one we grew up in,\u201d she said. \u00a0\u201cI know this next generation will continue to accomplish great things for our world and beyond doing it their way, with open mindedness, acceptance, and integrity. I hope they remain inspired by human ingenuity and the amazing things we can accomplish when we work together, while holding reverence and awe toward all that we don\u2019t yet know.\u201d<\/p>\n
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