{"id":550100,"date":"2023-10-17T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=550100"},"modified":"2024-01-17T10:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:11:02","slug":"lynn-bassford-prioritizes-learning-as-a-hubble-mission-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/lynn-bassford-prioritizes-learning-as-a-hubble-mission-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynn Bassford Prioritizes Learning as a Hubble Mission Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">6 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Lynn Bassford Prioritizes Learning as a Hubble Mission Manager<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: Lynn Bassford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>: Hubble Space Telescope Mission Flight Operations Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Formal Job Classification<\/strong>: Multifunctional Engineering and Science Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization<\/strong>: Astrophysics Project Division, Hubble Space Telescope Operations Project, Code 441<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Lynn Bassford, a woman with long brown hair, smiles at the camera in an official headshot. She wears a purple collared shirt and poses in front of a photo of Saturn and Neptune.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-bassford-headshot.jpeg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Lynn Bassford\u2019s long career enables her to keep learning. \u201cIt\u2019s just a fact of my life to learn something new every day until the day I die,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m not happy being stagnant.\u201d<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong><em>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center\/Tim Childers<\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard\u2019s mission?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I help Goddard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" data-type=\"mission-ext\" data-id=\"377009\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> Mission Operations Team to make sure that we\u2019re taking care of the health and safety of the spacecraft. This includes commanding and playing back data from Hubble and working with the ground system and subsystems engineering teams to coordinate procedures, train people, schedule everyone, and manage resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you find your path to Goddard?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated and wasn\u2019t quite sure where a physics major would go for a position. So, I picked up a copy of<em> Physics Today<\/em>, went through every company in there, and sent out my r\u00e9sum\u00e9. After sending approximately 200, an application came back from Lockheed. It said to fill it out and send it to the Lockheed closest to you. There were 10 different locations, so I sent it to all 10. One day, there was a message on the answering machine that said, \u201cHey, Lynn, just wondering if you would like to work on a telescope in space for NASA.\u201d The person who called, his name sounded like \u201cMr. Adventure,\u201d and I gave him a call back and found out his name was Mr. Ed Venter. I can’t help but think it’s pretty cool, actually, because it has indeed been a great adventure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your favorite part of working at Goddard?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with the spacecraft! Physically sending a command up and seeing it come back is just utterly amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, I’ve had the luck of being able to meet several astronauts that have gone up in our servicing missions. In a couple cases, we had them visit us in the middle of the night on our long shifts. Meeting them is like meeting a rock star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What first sparked your interest in space?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space was a combination of sci-fi and reality. The Apollo 11 Moon landing took place a couple of months after I was born, so my dad and I like to say that I was in front of the TV watching and it just got absorbed into my persona. One day, I saw Sally Ride up working in space and the TV said she had a background in physics, so I did physics.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Two vintage photos showing Lynn Bassford, a woman with long brown hair, in the 1990's. She wears a yellow T-shirt, jeans, and white tennis shoes in both photos. In the top photo, she sits at a desk wearing a headset and working on an old desktop computer, with books, manuals and other equipment visible behind her. In the lower photo, she poses in front of a full-scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble looks like a silver cylinder with long, rectangular solar panels attached to each side.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bassford-1992-pics-rotated.jpg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Lynn Bassford says her favorite part of working at Goddard has always been working directly with the Hubble Space Telescope. \u201cPhysically sending a command up and seeing it come back is just utterly amazing,\u201d she says.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong><em>Courtesy of Lynn Bassford<\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your educational background?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was always very good at science and math and absolutely loved them. In middle school, I wanted to do astrogeology, but everyone I talked to said I kind of made that up. Now it\u2019s all around the place! I went to University of Lowell for physics, which became UMass at Lowell. I ended up working for a physics professor who was also the head of the astronomy department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve held many roles over your years at Goddard. How do you feel that they\u2019ve contributed to your current role as a manager?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything I’ve done aligns. I learn from everyone at all levels that I interact with. I did eight-and-a-half years of rotating shift work with flight operations, and I made sure that I moved across the room from console to console learning the different areas. Then I went into science instruments system engineering for over five years, where I became the lead. Then I moved into this role in mission operations, which combines those but also brings in employee performance, career growth, safety, diversity and inclusion, and engagement. Understanding what each area does and how they work together helps you optimize everything. It\u2019s just a fact of my life to learn something new every day until the day I die. I\u2019m not happy being stagnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you manage stressful situations when working with the telescope?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don’t even think about how stressful it is because of the training I had in those early days: working with and learning from the experts about what you look at, who you call, what you do, and how to keep the telescope in a safe condition. Even during issues or service missions, we’re actually a very calm team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your proudest accomplishment at Goddard?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was a Flight Operations Team shift supervisor in charge of my own crew for Hubble, on Jan. 6, 1996, we got hit with a three-foot snowstorm. Back in those days, we were on rotating shift work. When I left work that day, there was a light layer of snow, so I went home and collected whatever I could in the house for food, knowing there were at least five people on-site that might not go home. I drove back to work with half-a-foot of snow. Seven people stayed for two-and-a-half days straight. We pulled the foam coverings off the walls, piled them up in layers, and made a mattress out of it. We put it in one of the warmer inner offices so we could take turns sleeping eight hours and splitting 16 hours between working real-time operations and moving our vehicles from lot to lot for the Goddard snowplows. NASA gave us a small award afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1062\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?w=1062\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Lynn Bassford, a woman with long brown hair, poses in a vintage photo with a group of other people, several holding printed pieces of paper. Lynn wears a green velvet jumper and white blouse, and her colleagues of various ages and genders wear work clothes like suits or flannel shirts with ties. They pose in front of a dark green background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=300,148 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=768,379 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=1024,505 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=400,197 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=600,296 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-award.jpg?resize=900,444 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1062px) 100vw, 1062px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Lynn Bassford and the 1996 Hubble flight operations team received an award for keeping Hubble running during a three-foot snowstorm. \u201cSeven people stayed for two-and-a-half days straight,\u201d Lynn recalls.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong><em>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the coolest part of your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubble\u2019s mission is just generally the coolest. It\u2019s helping to discover, and to rewrite science books. Helping humanity discover what’s out there and move forward into the universe is groundbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to people looking to have jobs at Goddard?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For students, make sure you work hard even though college can be quite a challenge. That\u2019s the intention \u2013 to get you thinking in all different ways and broaden your mind. Don\u2019t give up, even when it\u2019s challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For workers, diversifying your interests and not specializing in one area will make you open to a lot of different opportunities that you might not know about. You need to keep learning in order to be the best asset to an employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you have a favorite space or Hubble fact?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubble is a green telescope! We had solar panels before houses did.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Lynn Bassford, a woman with wavy gray-brown hair, holds a tablet and speaks with members of the public at an event. She wears a bright blue shirt and jeans, and speaks to people in casual clothes who look intently at the tablet.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg 3024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lynn-at-astonomy-on-the-mall-2.jpeg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Lynn Bassford frequently helps out with Hubble outreach. \u201cHubble\u2019s mission is just generally the coolest,\u201d she says. \u201cHelping humanity discover what’s out there and move forward into the universe is groundbreaking.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong><em>Courtesy of Jim Jeletic<\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you like to spend your time outside of work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dedication to work and family takes up most of my time, admittedly. If I can fit it in, I like to walk outside, do artwork that involves Hubble, and do challenging sports like white water rafting and bungee jumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \u201990s, I played on the men\u2019s softball team at Goddard. I was a pitcher for the Hubble team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your \u201csix-word memoir\u201d? A six-word memoir describes something in just six words.<\/strong> We\u2019re all made of stardust, IDIC. IDIC stands for infinite diversity in infinite combinations \u2013 it comes from Star Trek\u2019s Spock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Hannah Richter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\"><strong><em>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, Greenbelt, Md.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A banner graphic with a group of people smiling and the text "Conversations with Goddard" on the right. The people represent many genders, ethnicities, and ages, and all pose in front of a soft blue background image of space and stars.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=300,92 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=768,236 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=1024,315 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=400,123 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=600,184 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cwg-banner.png?resize=900,277 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Conversations With Goddard <\/em><\/strong><em>is a collection of Q&A profiles highlighting the breadth and depth of NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center\u2019s talented and diverse workforce. 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