Blugold Alumnus Soars At NASA, Involved In Artemis Program

7 Apr 2026


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Growing up in Shawano, Dr. Susan Lederer would stay up late and stare at the sky.

“Our parents would let us stay up and get the lawn chairs out,” she remembers. “We would lay them flat and watch the northern lights. My grandfather loved constellations and loved space, so I would talk to him about those things.”

Lederer is now involved in the Artemis program, designed to eventually return humans to the surface of the moon. She is the lead project scientist for NASA’s Commercial Payload Services (CLPS) team.

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