by Mary | Sep 8, 2019 | Space, Starbird Log
Happy Star Trek Day. On September 8, 1966 ~ 53 years ago ~ The USS Enterprise entered our world for the first time. “To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before…” What started as science fiction, has inspired space science in our world. Space science...
by Mary | Aug 19, 2019 | Starbird Log, STEM
Last year, Scott Kelly wrote, “I was a Bad Student Who Became an Astronaut. Let’s Stop Telling People They Can’t Be Good at Science” for Time Magazine. I love that he wrote this so let’s look at it with the youth and teens lens on. Scott...
by Mary | Jul 30, 2019 | Space, STEM
Celebrating Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary led to the exciting announcement of the Artemis mission. Just like Apollo’s mission inspired a generation to be curious for all mankind, we already find that the Artemis Generation has a label. When I visited NASA...
by Mary | Jun 28, 2019 | Career Spotlight
Lydia Werner Aviation Planner at Mead & Hunt, Inc. What do you do as an Aviation Planner? I assist in preparing long-term planning documents for federally funded airports. I inventory existing conditions, prepare operations and based aircraft forecasts,...
by Mary | Jun 17, 2019 | Space, STEM
Movies don’t merely entertain; they can be a source of inspiration that open doors to ideas and, for the purposes of this article, careers that you may not have taken seriously. Get over to Netflix or Amazon Prime and check these out. Or if you’re old...