NASA's Ames Research Center Naseem Rangwala, project scientist at NASA Ames, standing near the door to enter SOFIA. Credits: NASA/SOFIA One textbook chapter turned Naseem Rangwala into someone intent on studying the mysteries of the universe. Today she does just that, as project scientist for NASA’s flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Naseem Rangwala can’t think of a single unmarried woman from the small community where she grew up who moved abroad in pursuit of a career. But then, one day, she pulled up her roots from her hometown in India and made her way to NASA.