PAYTON BARNWELL
Mechanical engineer who took a hard left into space — astronaut food at NASA, mission control for SpaceShipTwo, satellites you can task from your phone. Now I’m building Broadside.
Asked to tell her own story, in the building itself.
Selected for Payload's inaugural Pioneers class, honouring the industry's rising talent.
On Earth observation, and why buying a satellite image ought to be that easy.
‘Defense Against the Deceptive Arts’ — a Hogwarts-branded class at MIT, hers to build and to run.
The business development hire, introduced to the people building on-demand Earth observation.
Her alma mater on the platform she built to put government action into plain language.
A Brooke Owens Fellow, placed at Generation Orbit in Atlanta on an Air Force-designated X-Plane programme.
Twelve thousand dollars from the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium, for a radiation-shielding study she pitched herself.
Astronaut nutrition at NASA Kennedy, then mission control for SpaceShipTwo.
Flight sciences, mission control, and what the numbers look like from inside.
Kennedy’s Veggie team, red romaine under LEDs, and two NASA-affiliated papers carrying her name.
Payload catches up with its Pioneers and finds her running her own company.
Generation Orbit’s X-Plane programme, astronaut nutrition at Kennedy, mission control at Virgin Galactic — all in one article.
“A Florida Poly student is making strides for women in space exploration.”
Tampa's ABC newsroom follows a local engineer's run at the astronaut corps.
Nineteen years old, NASA-funded radiation work already under way.
A campus Q&A on rockets, research, and refusing to pick just one lane.
Copycat Nobo Miso Cod
try it with sea bass, too!
Hot Fudge Cookies
Creamy Broccoli Rigatoni
with crispy pecorino chicken