NASA Black History Month Employee Profile – Philip Baldwin

As Operations Manager for NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program, Philip Baldwin strives to ensure that NASA’s science and exploration goals are met through its three communications networks: the Deep Space Network (DSN), which enables communication and data sharing with distant spacecraft like Mars Curiosity and Voyager 2; the Space Network (SN), which shares voice and video with crews aboard the International Space Station (ISS); and, the Near Earth Network (NEN), for the downloading and worldwide distribution of scientific data from Earth-observing satellites.

“My dad worked at NASA for 39 years, so I grew up with NASA and was inspired by the technology, the space exploration, and the science.”