It’s a journey that began with a dream she envisioned for herself after a talk with her dad when she was a little girl.īefore she was in the second grade at St. It leaves me in awe of all the beauty he has given us.”īattocletti Noffke also is in awe of the incredible journey she has taken that has led her to work at NASA for the past 15 years. “I get to see it through our country’s space program. “I just marvel at God’s creation, creating this whole universe,” she said. Lawrence School and Bishop Chatard High School, both in Indianapolis. She is known as the “Professor of Spacewalking,” reflecting her teaching and training of American astronauts in this rare skill at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.īeyond the cool nickname, the 35-year-old Indianapolis native also has a view of the universe - thanks to her involvement in the International Space Station - that directly connects to the Catholic faith she first embraced as a student at St.

INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) - Allissa Battocletti Noffke has one of the coolest nicknames on the face of the earth.

My flipboard