Bridget Landry

Bridget Landry is a deputy uplink systems engineer who works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. She worked on the Topex, Hubble Space Telescope, Cassini–Huygens, and Mars Pathfinder missions. [cite web| title = Mars Team Online - Meet Bridget Landry| publisher = NASA| url = http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/bios/team/landry.html| accessdate = 2008-07-07] Part of her life's work includes efforts to promote the advancement of women in technical fields, working to overcome obstacles to their success, and sparking and maintaining girls’ early interest in math and scientific fields. [cite web| last = Landry| first = Bridget| title = Meet Bridget Landry:a Rocket Scientist at JPL| publisher = A Girl's World Productions, Inc.| url = http://www.agirlsworld.com/amy/pajama/wmhistory/careers/landry/index.html| accessdate =2008-07-07] She has twice been a guest of honor at CONvergence, a science, science fiction, and fantasy convention and has been a panelist at dozens of other conventions. [cite web| title = Convergence 10 Years 1999 2008| publisher = CONvergence| date = 2008| url = http://www.convergence-con.org/guests/2006bridgetlandry.php| accessdate = 2008-07-07] [cite web| title = OryCon 24 Program Participant Index| publisher = OryCon| url = http://www.orycon.org/orycon24/progidx.html| accessdate =2008-07-07]

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