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NASA’s first local Industry Day lifts off in NEPA

The Times Leader

SCRANTON, PA , October 2, 2022

Tags: Jobs and the Economy , Local Issues

“Space travel sparks unprecedented research and innovation,” Cartwright said. “But perhaps, most importantly, it inspires our young people to pursue careers in technology and helps to create wealth.”

For businesses in Northeast Pennsylvania, the potential to work with NASA continues to expand as NASA programs grow.

In Pennsylvania, 63 companies are currently working with NASA and its Artemis I Space Program as it prepares to send humans once again to the moon and beyond.

NASA’s Jim Reuter and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright are on a mission to increase that number tenfold.

“I’ve worked with NASA for 40 years and I don’t think there’s every been a more exciting time than now,” said Reuter, NASA’s associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, during last week’s NASA Northeast Pennsylvania Industry Day at the University of Scranton.