Top 5 Indians Working at NASA

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Kamlesh Lulla

Kamlesh is the chief scientist for Earth observation in the Human Exploration Science Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. He directs Earth observation science activities for Space Shuttle flights and the International Space Station. Lulla's Earth Observation group at JSC trains astronauts and cosmonauts in the scientific observation of Earth's environmental, geological, oceanographic and meteorological    phenomena.

"One of NASA's missions is to understand and protect our home planet, and my job directly ties to that," says Lulla.

Brought up in Baroda, India, Lulla was sparked to a career in space science after hearing the 1969 Voice of America radio broadcast of the Apollo 11 lunar landing and Neil Armstrong's historic first steps on the moon.

Lulla attended the M.S. University of Baroda, where he earned two bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry in 1968 and 1969 and master's and Ph D degrees in environmental science and ecology in 1972 and 1976, respectively.