NASA/Clayton RougelotAs a young girl raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lindsey Waitt dreamed of working for NASA. Lindsey waitt Test project engineerWaitt vividly remembers watching NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken soar skyward during NASA’s first commercial crew mission to the International Space Station in 2020. In 2024, Waitt began her career at Kennedy working for a contractor as a test project engineer during the Artemis II launch. When NASA announced its insourcing initiative earlier this year, Waitt seized the opportunity to fully realize her dream. She applied for a position and is now a NASA civil servant supporting the Artemis launch team as a test project engineer for NASA– a core position for the agency’s launch team.