Lissette Martinez | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican/American |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (BSE) |
| Occupation(s) | Electronics engineer and scientist |
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Martinez was part of the team that launched a rocket from White Sands, New Mexico to gather information on the Comet Hale–Bopp in 1999. | |
Lissette Martinez (born 1971), is an electrical engineer and rocket scientist. She is the head of the Wallops Electrical Engineering Branch and the lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) which is part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) where she is responsible for the testing of ground and flight hardware. She is a notable alumni at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.