A child of the Space Shuttle Program, Jenny Morison, along with his parents, enlarged her parents to listen to family stories with her parents at NASA’s Johnson Space Center grounds and about human spaceflights.
Now, with more than 15 years in NASA, Morrison serves as one of Johnson’s environmental program managers. She ensures that the Center complies with laws that protect their resources by supervising cultural and natural resources, storm water and drinking water programs and regulatory compliance for the National Environment Policy Act. She also protects Johnson’s historical heritage as a cultural resource manager of Johnson.
“I ensure that our works have complied with the National Historical Protection Act, as the Center is considered a historic district with two national historical sites,” said Morrison. “I ensure that we respect and document Johnson’s legacy, paving the way for new efforts and mission objectives.”
Morrison is proud to find solutions that increase efficiency by protecting resources. An example was a project with Johnson’s geographical information system team to create an interactive material and chemical spill scheme map. The new system helps responders to detect spill paths quickly and to deploy resources rapidly, reduce the cost of cleaning, reduce the cost of cleaning and reduce environmental effects.
“Every improvement we not only save time and resources, but also strengthen our ability to support NASA’s mission,” she said.
Jenny Morrison
Environment program manager
For Morrison, success often comes down for teamwork. He has learned to customize his style to strengthen the needs of colleagues of colleagues.
“We make better, more efficient tasks,” he said, “he said. “Thankfully, so many people in NASA are ready to teach here and share their experiences.”
His message is simple for the Artemis generation: always learn!
“You never know that a side conversation can respond to you a problem when you are facing below the line,” he said. “You should be ready to ask questions to find those connections and learn something new.”
Jenny Morrison
Environment program manager
His passion for learning and discovery connects a family tradition in NASA. His grandfather contributed to several Apollo missions, including helping to solve the malfunction of the oxygen tank on Apollo 13. Morrison’s sister and extended family also worked in Johnson.
Now his son is growing up in the center ground while attending JSC Child Care Center. “As the fourth generation to be held in Johnson, he is already talking about how he loves science and cannot wait for his own experiment,” he said.
For Morrison, it is a privilege to take that family heritage forward through environmental leadership. “Being capable of contributing to NASA’s mission through environmental compliance seems like the best in the world,” Morrison said, “I feel like the best world in the world.” “It combines science and my love of NASA with my drive so that this incredible site and everything can find more efficient ways to find more efficient ways to operate everything.”
