Future Engineers
NASA for Kids: Intro to Engineering
What is engineering, and who exactly is an engineer?
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NASA for Kids: Intro to Engineering
Designing Webb
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever made – and the most complex one yet designed. Did you know that the telescope’s history stretches back […]
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Designing Webb
Surprisingly STEM: Space Tire Engineer
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads… but we still need tires! In this episode, we rolled on over to NASA’s Glenn Research Center where engineer Heather Oravec is reinventing […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Space Tire Engineer
Surprisingly STEM: Soft Robotics Engineers
‘Doing the robot’ on the dance floor would look more like ‘doing the worm’ if the dance move was inspired by soft robots! Soft robotics is an exciting subcategory of […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Soft Robotics Engineers
Surprisingly STEM: Aerospace Technician
Have you ever wondered where astronauts on the International Space Station get the oxygen they breathe? Though they are about 250 miles above the Earth, they are actually breathing air […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Aerospace Technician
Surprisingly STEM: Wind Tunnel Engineers
We’re big fans of Sam Zauber and Frank Quinto – two wind tunnel test engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center! You’ll be blown away as you learn how NASA uses […]
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Surprisingly STEM: Wind Tunnel Engineers
STEMonstrations: Engineering Design – Trusses
The structure of the International Space Station relies heavily on a series of trusses engineered to withstand compression, tension, torsion and shear forces the station may encounter in low-Earth orbit. […]
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STEMonstrations: Engineering Design – Trusses
The How-To Guide to Satellites: The Design Review
Building satellites isn’t easy. They’re complex, expensive, and not to mention hard to make! This is why whenever NASA makes a new satellite–like the MAVEN mission to Mars–its scientists and […]
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