Mackenzie Thompson

Mackenzie Thompson

Mackenzie Thompson manages marketing and mission fulfillment initiatives with the Disque Foundation and the Save a Life Initiative, which help communities learn lifesaving techniques like CPR — an important skill to have both on Earth and in space. She has been involved with the foundation for many years, and has attended foundation trips in Williamson, West Virginia and to Nairobi, Kenya. Thompson graduated from Indiana University with a degree in media and marketing and currently resides in New York City. 

Latest articles by Mackenzie Thompson

Earth, hurricanes

First Responders in Space: How Satellites Save Lives During Natural Disasters

By Mackenzie Thompson published

Satellites
"2001: A Space Odyssey"

Why the Space Tourism Industry Needs Flight Attendants (Op-Ed)

By Mackenzie Thompson published

Human Spaceflight
NASA Earth Science Satellite Fleet

Life-Saving Satellites: Why NASA's Earth-Science Missions Are Indispensable (Op-Ed)

By Mackenzie Thompson published

America's space program is a necessity, not a luxury. While we should not have to qualify its importance, it is helpful to remember the good that NASA does.

Satellites
Astronaut performs ultrasound scan aboard space station

The Space Age and a New Age for Health Care: The Technology of Saving Lives (Op-Ed)

By Mackenzie Thompson published

The lives we save from an app apply directly to the lifeblood of the space program. The two are inseparable, as they should be, because what happens in space leads to advances here on Earth.

Tech
Carl Walz on the ISS

How Astronauts' CPR Training Could Save Lives on Earth (Op-Ed)

By Mackenzie Thompson published

The rigors of astronaut training determine who has the "right stuff." What some may not know, however, is that every astronaut undergoes life support training.

Human Spaceflight