Meghan Buchanan is an Aerospace Engineer with Lockheed Martin in Denver, Co. Leading Spacecraft Survivability for the Human Space Flight Advanced Programs group. When she’s not building rockets, most of Meghan’s time is spent training and racing outdoors, bending in yoga, traveling, pushing boundaries, entertaining friends or finding the perfect Amarone. She recently finished her Masters of Engineering and has her sights set on PHD work at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
Her passion for the outdoors started as a child, hiking the 14ers of Colorado with her father. Since then, she has trekked the Annapurna region of Nepal, areas of Thailand, summited Kilimanjaro, hiked to Kalapathar (Everest) and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (with LHS). Traveling and experiencing the world is what drives her. If you can hike it, mountain bike, yoga, run, sea kayak, snowboard, or scuba it; she’s in. Meghan enjoys training for ½ marathons and mountain sport triathlons. Balancing her out, Meghan loves to read non-fiction, will travel the world for a big red wine, runs with bulls in Spain, surf of the coast of Peru, loves pedicures with the girls, and adores her sister and two puppies.
Her Passion to raise cancer awareness is also strong. At age 8, Meghan lost her grandmother to several types of cancer. She feels it is everyone’s responsibility to fight this disease whether you have it or not. Not only are you helping people you love, but could be saving your own life in the future. The past four years, Meghan has been trekking in honor of her Aunt Barbara, who had been fighting breast, liver and pancreatic cancer over the years. Unfortunately, Barbara succumbed to this devastating disease in November of 2008.
Meghan also lost her father, Hal Norwood Buchanan, who gave her the love of the outdoors and the heart to help others. Meghan summited Kilimanjaro in 05’ with her father and sister. Every trip is dedicated in memory of her father and her aunt. Sometimes, Love Hope and Strength are all you have….. but, all you need.
“Accept opportunities, they’re sitting in your lap”.
