NASA Women's History Month - April Torres

April Torres is an electronics technician and telemetry specialist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. She is currently working in the Telemetry Shop within the center’s Engineering Support Group. The Telemetry Shop is responsible for verifying and testing flight research instrumentation. They ensure the proper setup and performance of the instrumentation systems while the units are being exposed to specified environmental requirements that simulate flight conditions. Throughout her career at NASA, April has worked to support over 50 projects that include the Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE), Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research (VIPR), Quiet Spike, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort-1 Crew Escape Vehicle test that would pull the astronaut capsule from the rocket at the launch pad should an emergency arise. The most current project has been the Ascent Abort-2 of the Orion’s launch abort system, which pulls the astronaut capsule from the booster throughout the launch phase until entering space. NASA is returning to the Moon with astronauts. April has been at Armstrong Flight Research Center for 19 years and makes a great asset to the NASA family.