Learning Resources
From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.
My Path: Take What You are Passionate About and Turn it Into a Career Celena Dopart
Celena Dopart is a human systems factors engineer. Learn about her path into engineering; and what inspires her.
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My Path: From Hockey Player to Mars Rover Engineer: Kobie Boykins
Kobie Boykins went from being a Division 1 hockey player to working on Mars rovers. Learn about his path to the red planet.
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My Path: The Best of My Path
While filming STEM in 30 we have had the chance to meet some incredible people with amazing careers.
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What’s New in Aerospace: What’s Next in the the Search for Habitable Planets (Matt Shindell)
A researcher from NASA Ames shares his work to develop new direct imaging technologies to study exoplanets in greater detail and discover habitable worlds outside of our solar system.
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My Path: Gene Kranz - Failure is Not An Option
Failure is not an option. is a famous quote from the movie Apollo 13. Learn what Gene Kranz thinks about failure.
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My Path: From TOPGUN to Space: Aviator and Astronaut Robert Curbeam
Before becoming an astronaut Robert Curbeam was a naval aviator. Learn about his path here.
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What’s New in Aerospace: Astronaut Shane Kimbrough Talks About His Recent Trip to Space
Learn about the incredible career of NASA astronaut R. Shane Kimbrough. A West Point graduate, he served as an Army aviator and joined NASA in 2004.
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My Path: Walter Watson - Flying on SR-71 Blackbird
Walter Watson was the first and only African-American to qualify as a crewmember in the SR-71. Hear from this amazing aviator.
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My Path: If You Like Creepy Crawlies I Want to Meet You (Hartmut Doebel)
Hartmut Doebel is an Assistant Professor of Biology at The George Washington University. His students have bee hives on the roof of the campus in downtown Washington; DC.
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My Path: Aaron Parness JPL Engineer
Aaron Parness leads the Extreme Environment Robots Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Learn how Aaron went from ski bum to building robots for JPL.
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My Path: Carla Dove Project Manager at Feather Lab
Carla Dove is the program manager at the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian. Learn how she deciphered the mystery of an airplane striking a deer - at 1500 feet in the air.
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My Path: ISS Astronaut Paolo Nespoli on the Power of Teamwork and Failure
Watch Astronaut Paolo Nespoli talk about his childhood heroes, the power of teamwork, and his positive outlook on failing.
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