by Mary | Jun 6, 2019 | Space, STEM
We’re excited to share that the StellarXplorers team from Minnesota was featured on WCCO-TV in a story about youth in STEM. The Starbird Association supports this team from the Anoka County Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. They exemplify youth in STEM and...
by Mary | Feb 22, 2019 | Starbird Log
One more technological step to continuing the pursuit of knowledge and discovery in space. Well done, Virgin Galactic team!
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...
by Mary | Feb 3, 2019 | STEM
Press Release Date: February 2, 2019 Contact: Mary Albright 763.634.1536 hello@starbirdmn.org Blaine Resident Mary Albright Selected As NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador Blaine, MN February 2, 2019—The Solar System Ambassador Program has selected Mary Albright, Blaine...
by Mary | Nov 12, 2018 | Career Spotlight
The first time I knew Astrodynamics was a career was when I watched The Martian with Matt Damon. In that movie, Astrodynamics Specialist Rich was the one who solved the return trajectory problem and got the spacecraft back to Mars. Dynamics is a familiar engineering...
