Michelle Amos

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Michelle Amos
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Michelle Amos in 2004
BornBaker, Louisiana
Education
OccupationElectrical engineer

Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center. [1] Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer and stayed with Nasa for 30 years. Amos was also a systems engineer for Deep Space Logistics. [2]

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Education

Amos graduated from Southern University and A&M College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. [3] In 2005, she earned a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida. [4]

Career

In 2006, Amos was co-chair of the NASA Advanced Range Technology Working Group. [5] Amos designs electrical systems and control equipment in at the Kennedy Space Center's Advanced Technology Development Center and worked on a support team for the International Space Station configuring and documenting its electrical configurations. [6] [7] She was the project manager lead for the shuttle transition and retirement activities. [1] She was a member of the team that developed the Mars 2020 rover at JPL, [3] and worked with the Artemis program, a crewed Moon mission, until retiring in 2020. [3]

She was the chairperson of NASA's Black Employee Strategy Team. [8] She worked on Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, as a system engineer. [9]

In October 2024, Amos delivered a keynote at BYU-Idaho titled ‘Light of the World’, discussing her role as systems engineer on NASA’s Artemis Moon-logistics team. [2]

Honors

In 2002 she won an All Star Award at NASA's Women of Color Government and Defense Technology Awards Conference. [10] In 2003, she received the KSC Strategic Leadership Award. [4]

Personal life

Amos was born and raised on a farm [11] in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Dunk and Dorothy Wright, one of ten children. [7] She was raised Baptist but her family converted to being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1979. [3] She and her husband, John D. Amos, have three children and live in Oviedo, Florida. [1] In 2020, Amos and her husband began a three-year term leading the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission of the LDS Church. [12] [13] The pair were called to the mission shortly after Amos was working on the Mars 2020 Rover. They returned to watch the landing in person and shared it online with over 200 missionaries. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kennedy Biographies". NASA. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Center, Michelle AmosFormer NASA Engineer at the John F. Kennedy Space (October 17, 2024). "Light of the World". BYU-Idaho Speeches. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Robinson, Terry (September 11, 2020). "Faith Matters: Mormon couple on a mission to share gospel". The Advocate. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Heiney, Anna (April 17, 2015). "Kennedy Biographies". NASA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Space Experts to speak at AFB". Florida Today. June 13, 2006. p. 14. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ Halvorson, Todd (June 14, 2006). "NASA Automates Rocket Safety". Florida Today. p. 13. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Education, Family Values Inspire NASA Engineer". NASA. June 16, 2004. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ "African-American History Luncheon draws crowd" (PDF). Spaceport News. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  9. ↑ Toone, Trent. "Ex-NASA engineer watches her project land on Mars while serving Latter-day Saint mission", Deseret News , February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  10. ↑ "And the Winner is ... NASA women of Color". SpaceRef. July 18, 2002. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  11. ↑ Center, Michelle AmosFormer NASA Engineer at the John F. Kennedy Space (October 17, 2024). "Light of the World". BYU-Idaho Speeches. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Get to know these 8 new mission presidents and companions", Church News , March 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  13. ↑ "'Mormon Land': She worked on the Mars rover. He served in the Navy. Now these two Black converts lead an LDS mission". The Salt Lake Tribune. February 26, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  14. ↑ Toone, Trent (February 19, 2021). "Ex-NASA engineer watches her project land on Mars while serving Latter-day Saint mission". Deseret News. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
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