Payload Staff
Payload Pioneers 2023: Nidhi Sandeep Vasaikar
Nidhi Sandeep Vasaikar, a 28-year-old aerospace engineer from India, is on a mission to advance STEM education among students in underserved communities.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Joseph Dudley
Behind some of the UK’s most comprehensive space industry data is a 29-year-old founder focused on developing and growing the nation’s space workforce.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Emma Louden
As a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, Emma Louden is working at the intersection of astrophysics and the aerospace industry.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Patrick Finley
Patrick Finley is building a bridge to connect academic aspirations with real-world aerospace innovations, making rocketry more accessible and tangible for the next generation.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Owen Marr
Owen Marr, a Blue Origin systems engineer working on New Shepard, is driven to make space accessible to all.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Victoria Carter-Cortez
Victoria Carter-Cortez, a space strategy consultant at the professional services firm PwC, spent her undergraduate years as an astrophysics student.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Stephanie Gavell
If you told Stephanie Gavell the problem wasn’t rocket science, she didn’t want to be a part of it.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Thao Nguyen
Thao Nguyen’s work at ICON could allow people to essentially build the Moon version of mud huts.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Jennifer Horowitz
Mapping the Earth from space provides obvious benefits for defense and navigation, but Jennifer Horowitz, Maxar’s senior technical strategic partnerships lead, believes the technology has much broader implications.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Josh Ingersoll
If there’s anyone who understands that the space industry is more than *just one thing,* it’s Josh Ingersoll.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Sahith Reddy Madara
Sahith Reddy Madara can spot what technology will succeed in the commercial market from a mile away.
Payload Pioneers 2023: Neil Buchanan
Neil Buchanan wasted no time after completing his Master’s thesis on in-space manufacturing to jump in and get hands-on.
