‘I really look at Northeastern as a turning point in my life.’ How a co-op launched Joseph Heyman to NASA’s Hall of Honor

By Ian Thomsen February 24, 2023
The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, July 8, 2011.

Joseph S. Heyman’s association with NASA began as a Northeastern student in 1964, two years after President John F. Kennedy committed the U.S. to landing a man on the moon.

Heyman, a Northeastern graduate, was at NASA for the grand successes and tragic failures over his four-decade career, which he traces back to his Northeastern co-ops.

“I really look at Northeastern as a turning point in my life,” says Heyman.

Read more from Northeastern Global News.

AP Photo/John Raoux.

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