{"id":154826,"date":"2026-10-05T12:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//?p=154826"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:10:00","slug":"ucf-grad-nasa-engineer-helps-build-americas-first-moon-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//ucf-grad-nasa-engineer-helps-build-americas-first-moon-base/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Grad, NASA Engineer Helps Build America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s First Moon Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p><em>Landing humans on the moon was just a dream when UCF was founded in 1963. But we dared to believe /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2014 developing the talent and inventing the technologies to make it reality. That same spirit still drives us today.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p><em>We are </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//em><a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//space/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"><em>America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s Space 海角直播</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//a><em>. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/">The harsh terrain of the lunar south pole is the staging ground for humanity&#8217;s next great leap. In this heavily shadowed region, peaks of eternal light catch rare glints of sunshine alongside craters of absolute darkness.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>As transportation office program lead engineer in NASA&#8217;s Moon Base Program, the UCF alumna plays a critical role in the agency/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s phased effort to establish America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s first permanent outpost near the moon/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s South Pole. Her&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;team oversees the surface transportation systems needed to deliver cargo,&nbsp;move equipment across the lunar surface, support deep-space and orbital missions and ensure every component works together as part of the larger lunar architecture.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>Kinney evaluates whether transportation concepts and designs are technically ready to advance and how they fit into NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s long-term vision for building and sustaining a lunar base.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cI make sure technically that the design is worthy of moving forward to the next phase, that we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019re looking at all the right thermal, dynamic and radiation environments and making sure the integration of hardware, including electronics and other parts, is coming together the proper 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/">An artist&#8217;s concept of a lunar base bustling with rovers, habitats, solar arrays and scientific equipment.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<h2>Engineering a Moon Base</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s Moon Base Program is designed to evolve from robotic and early uncrewed missions to semi-permanent infrastructure, early habitation and, eventually, a sustained human presence on the lunar surface. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/">An illustration of a sustained colony on the Moon highlights the massive infrastructure challenge facing UCF industrial engineering graduate Teresa Kinney /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201811MS.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>For Kinney, success depends on how every system works together. Landers must deliver the right payloads.&nbsp;Surface vehicles can transport equipment once it arrives. Orbital and deep-space transportation systems must support the broader mission. Each piece must perform safely on its own while also working within the overall architecture.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cI was surprised by the logistical complexity of maintaining a permanent presence on the International Space Station,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d Kinney says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cI guess I shouldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t have been /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2014 it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s like going on a month/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s-long camping trip when you/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019re used to camping for long weekends. You need a lot more for that longer duration because you can/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t just make do for an extended period. You think you/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019re prepared, but then you realize there are things you didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t expect to need and things you wish you had with you. I think we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019ll learn those same kinds of lessons from Moon Base, and I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019m excited and ready to get started./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>Kinney also serves as project chief engineer for the Liquid Oxygen-Methane Assessment, a joint initiative involving NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Space Force. As the project/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s final technical authority, she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s helping quantify the explosive yield and risks associated with the large quantities of liquid oxygen and methane carried by next-generation rockets and spacecraft, including human landing systems, particularly during catastrophic failures or other anomalies. The data will help inform safety protocols for spacecraft, launch sites and surrounding communities.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>Whether she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s assessing lunar transportation architecture or helping government agencies better understand the risks of cryogenic propellants, Kinney/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s work comes down to the same challenge: understanding how complex systems behave, where they can fail and how engineers can make them safer.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<h2>A Curiosity That Started Early</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>That instinct to understand how the pieces fit together began early.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<blockquote><p>&#8221; &#8230; my dad slid me up under the dashboard and started handing me parts. At some point I realized, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2018I can do this./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019&#8221;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>At 8, Kinney started helping her father work on cars. By 12, she was small enough to slide under the dashboard of the family/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s Chevrolet station wagon and install its air-conditioning system before a summer trip to Florida.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cWe were living in Alabama and were going to [Walt] Disney World [Resort] but couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t make the drive to Florida without air conditioning,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d Kinney says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cI was small enough that my dad slid me up under the dashboard and started handing me parts, asking me to connect things. At some point I realized, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2018I can do this./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019 It was the first time I had ever completed a mechanical task entirely on my own./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>That experience sparked an interest in solving complex problems, shaping her career and allowing her to do what she enjoys most: putting things together.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<h2>Career Takes Off</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>Before becoming a NASA civil servant at Kennedy Space Center in 2005, Kinney earned a bachelor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from the 海角直播 of Alabama in Huntsville and spent two decades supporting the space shuttle solid rocket booster, Spacelab and International Space Station programs as a contractor at Marshall Space Flight Center.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>As a structural dynamicist at NASA, she embraced the challenges of loads analysis and modal testing of large space structures while enjoying the freedom to explore new ideas and uncover innovative solutions.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cI never had any roadblocks in front of me,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d Kinney says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cThey were like, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2018Here/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s the work. Here/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s your part of it, Teresa. If you have problems, come and talk to us./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019 No one ever treated me in a way that wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t wonderful and supportive./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<h2>UCF Landing</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>As her career evolved, Kinney realized technical expertise alone wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019t enough if she ever wanted to lead an interdisciplinary team. With UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s longstanding presence at Kennedy Space Center, she knew where to turn.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201cUCF has a great reputation and the proximity, but it took me years to say, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2018OK, start doing a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u201d Kinney says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>While working full-time, she attended most classes at KSC through a special program, often balancing 60- to 70-hour workweeks as she earned her <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//industrial-engineering-ms/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/">master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s degree in industrial engineering</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You never know what opportunities might be waiting in front of you.&#8221;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/n<p>Kinney applies that same dedication to everything she does, whether she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2019s building bookcases with her husband /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2014 a retired NASA engineer she met while working at NASA (MSFC) /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154826/u2014 or encouraging young people to pursue careers in space exploration. 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