CAREERS WITH NASA

NASA doesn't just employ astronauts. There are a lot of careers necessary to create spacecraft and explore space. You will be directed to a few different sites within NASA that share information about a variety of careers.

As you explore these sites, create a spreadsheet that explains what a person with that career typically does, what skills a person with that job should have and any other information about the career that you find interesting.

Example:

CAREER	What do they do?	Skills needed	Other
Mechanical Engineer

Bookmark this page so you can get back to these directions.

The first site tells information about eight careers with NASA: Mechanical Engineer/Technician, Engineer, Pilot, Technician, employee Assistant, Electrical Technician, Co-op students and Carpenter.

Follow the directions on navigating through the eight career cards. Be sure to click on the next button (bottom center of the card) to see more information such as what the employee thinks you should focus on in middle school.

Click here to begin: Career Card instruction site

This next site links to more careers with NASA including some "non-science" careers such as a lawyer, writer and politician/lobbyist. As you read about these careers add them to your spreadsheet.

Click here to begin: Career Expo

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