A NASA trailblazer finds herself on a new trajectory

Holly Ridings, the first female chief of NASA’s flight directors, will now help lead the agency’s Gateway Program, an international partnership to establish humanity’s first space station around the Moon. In this new role, Ridings will serve as the deputy program manager. She will lead teams to build and launch NASA’s foundational infrastructure in deep space. Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke with Ridings about what that entails.