West Virginia Native Fletcher Newell Finds Career Path at NASA Facility Near Home

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Fletcher Newell, an engineer from Grafton, West Virginia, developed an early passion for space exploration through science fiction and Star Wars. In 2013, a fourth-grade field trip introduced him to NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation facility located near his hometown. That visit proved to be a turning point, sparking a deeper interest in NASA and its work. Newell eventually pursued an engineering career and found himself working at the very facility that had first captured his imagination as a child.

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