by Mary | Feb 17, 2019 | Space
Aerospace engineers work on airplanes, spacecraft, satellites, and even missiles. They need advanced training in mathematics and physics. Aerospace engineering is one of the most challenging engineering fields. In addition to designing and engineering aircraft,...
by Mary | Feb 17, 2019 | Career Spotlight, STEM
Nicole Mitchell On-Air Meteorologist with KSTP-TV Minneapolis/St Paul Hurricane Hunter, USAF Reserve Synopsis of Job: What do you do? For television I forecast the weather, then present it on television. For the military, I’m with a group called the...
by Mary | Feb 17, 2019 | STEM
National Engineers Week starts today. This week, we’ll showcase different engineering and STEM careers. Don’t miss the activities each day.
by Mary | Feb 11, 2019 | Starbird Log
February 11 is National Inventors Day. While Feb 11 was chosen because it’s Thomas Edison’s birthday, there are more inventors that brought new science and technology into the world that we all should aspire to be like. Katharine Burr Blodgett invented...
by Mary | Feb 10, 2019 | Career Spotlight, Space, STEM
Emily Eelkema Stough NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology Spacecraft Operations Engineer Emily & the first image from the Mars InSight Lander Synopsis of Job: What do you do? I am on the uplink team for the InSight Mars Lander. Along...