She was a solar researcher, employed at Goddard Space Flight Center and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

[5] Harriet H. Malitson worked at Goddard Space Flight Center[6] and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[7] during her career.

[9] "It may well turn out that the yet-to-be-nominated Apollo astronauts who visit the moon later in this decade will owe their safety to Marcia (Neugebauer) and Harriet," commented one report that year on women in the space program.

[10] Of her own work, she explained, "We are striving to learn as much as we can about the sun's activities before the moon shot which will be affected by them.

[2][7] Harriet Hutzler Malitson died in 2012, aged 86 years, in Washington D.C.[21] Her estate made a substantial contribution to the American Foundation for AIDS Research after her death.