Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist

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Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist American Experience

Premiered March 15, 2019

Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist

Frances “Poppy” Northcutt was the first female engineer to work in NASA’s Mission Control.

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