WWDC21 · 17 min · Design / Essentials

Out of this world... on to Mars

Fascinated by aerospace engineering and fighter jets from the age of 11, MIT graduate Tiera Fletcher followed her passion. At 22, she landed her dream job working on NASA’s Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket created in history. Learn what it’s like to design components of a 322-foot-tall, 8.8-million-pounds-of-thrust-producing rocket intended to journey humans into deep space — including the moon, Mars, and beyond.

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