Are you a student who wants to get involved at NASA? Here are 5 NASA programs you can apply for right now! 1. Micro-g NEXT Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) challenges undergraduate students to design, build, and test a tool or device that addresses a current space exploration challenge. Test…

I’ve always been called the “weird engineer that liked to write.” ✍️ I was the student everyone wanted in their lab group so I could lead up writing the report. I was working on the side in college writing for startups and engineering publications. Although this is where I have…

How can international students find internships and jobs at NASA and in aerospace in general? This is one of the most frequent topics I’m asked about and also have always felt unqualified to answer. Technically I have had one international internship when I worked over in London for The Economist…

NASA can feel like a hard place to break into, but there are more ways into the agency than you might think! While applying to positions on USAJobs.gov is great, there are a lot more paths to consider. I worked at a NASA contractor for almost four years and had…

I don’t often talk about this hobby, but I’ve gotten so much joy out of the world of actual play Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) over the past 3 years. quite honestly it’s been the art that has kept me going during the pandemic. But just this week I witnessed one…

The past few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind, all because I made this space skirt. Let me explain. After seeing the Mars Perseverance landing, I got immediately inspired by the parachute's design. The internet deciphered it's hidden message as Dare Mighty Things written in binary!

Here’s to the doors that they may open as well — New beginnings and major wins get a lot of focus on social media. The engagements, awards, new jobs, weddings, and businesses launches. But endings can be really positive as well! The past few weeks have been all about the end of an era for me: closing my 3D printing jewelry…

My full-time job title can be a bit cumbersome: Science Communications Specialist for the International Space Station Program Research Office. So what exactly does that mean?🤔 What I like to tell people is that I help tell the stories of the science being conducted aboard the space station!🔬 More than…

This is a question I’ve been getting a lot recently with my new job. Just a few weeks ago I left my job at MIT in Boston to move to Houston to come work at NASA as a science communications specialist for the International Space Station. My love of space…