Christy Hansen

You are unique!

You are unique!

By Christy Hansen :: Girls Can Do at Benaroya Hall, 2014... I was there! What brought me there was a Girls Can Do Anything attitude – a philosophy that  is right up my alley! I can’t remember the last time I met such an amazing group of women. It was a whirl-wind tour...

Would you walk in Space or the South Pole?

Would you walk in Space or the South Pole?

By Karen Clark Cole ::  Would you walk in Space or at the South Pole? If you are Christy Hansen, you would choose both! As a NASA engineer, Christy has not only trained astronauts how to walk in space, but also taught them how to assemble and repair hardware on the...

Meet Operation IceBridge Project Manager Christy Hansen

Meet Operation IceBridge Project Manager Christy Hansen

By Mark Buesing from PolarTREC Journal 2013 :: My sister wrote and asked ‘Where are all the women scientists?’ And she’s right to ask. The simple fact is that there aren’t enough. Below is my interview with Operation IceBridge project manager Christy Hansen. She is...