NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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1-a. Karen Burton, an assistant human resource officer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, introduces herself.
Duration: 13 seconds
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2-a. Karen Burton gives interview tips.
Duration: 23 seconds
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3-a. Karen Burton advises students about when they should start considering a career.
Duration: 34 seconds
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4-a. Karen Burton compares civil servant and contractor jobs.
Duration: 28 seconds
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5-a. Chris Randall, director of the Pathways Program for interns at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, introduces himself.
Duration: 9 seconds
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6-a. Chris Randall describes his educational background.
Duration: 22 seconds
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7-a. Chris Randall explains the tasks of his job as an aerospace engineer.
Duration: 28 seconds
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8-a. Chris Randall discusses his career path from engineering to human resources.
Duration: 47 seconds
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9-a. Chris Randall describes the Pathways Program.
Duration: 34 seconds
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10-a. Chris Randall defines "internship."
Duration: 36 seconds
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11-a. Chris Randall tells what a Pathways intern is.
Duration: 27 seconds
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12-a. Chris Randall explains the importance of volunteering and being a part of your community.
Duration: 21 seconds
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13-a. Chris Randall gives a tip for obtaining a NASA job.
Duration: 17 seconds
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14-a. Chris Randall recounts why he wanted to work at NASA.
Duration: 28 seconds
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15-a. Chris Randall describes employment positions NASA needs now.
Duration: 24 seconds
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16-a. Chris Randall gives insight on the type of workers NASA will hire in the future.
Duration: 24 seconds
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17-a. Chris Randall shares what he enjoys most at his job.
Duration: 45 seconds
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18-a. NASA microbiologist Monsi Roman introduces herself.
Duration: 18 seconds
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19-a. Monsi Roman explains how she became a microbiologist.
Duration: 22 seconds
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20-a. Monsi Roman discusses how she started at NASA as a scientist and is now a project manager.
Duration: 48 seconds
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21-a. Monsi Roman encourages students to follow their passion as she did.
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
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22-a. Monsi Roman gives tips on working with people with different talents.
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
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23-a. Camille Alleyne introduces herself.
Duration: 36 seconds
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24-a. Camille Alleyne discusses her educational background and job assignments that led to her current position.
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
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25-a. Colonel Mike Fincke introduces himself.
Duration: 17 seconds
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26-a. Mike Fincke describes his path from child to astronaut.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds
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27-a. Mike Fincke explains what he had to learn after he became an astronaut.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
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28-a. Mike Fincke remembers his first trip to the space station.
Duration: 35 seconds
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29-a. Microgravity research scientist Nancy Hall introduces herself.
Duration: 13 seconds
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30-a. Nancy Hall explains that a sixth-grade science teacher sparked her interest in science.
Duration: 42 seconds
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31-a. Nancy Hall advises students to find what they like to do and learn more about it.
Duration: 47 seconds
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32-a. Materials engineer Clara Wright introduces herself.
Duration: 19 seconds
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33-a. Clara Wright explains how she went from puzzle builder as a child to NASA engineer.
Duration: 54 seconds
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34-a. Clara Wright shares what she does on her job from day to day.
Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds
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35-a. Clara Wright shares some of the most interesting things she's done while working at NASA.
Duration: 41 seconds
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36-a. Clara Wright encourages students to consider a career in engineering.
Duration: 27 seconds
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37-a. Engineer Victoria (Torey) Long introduces herself.
Duration: 17 seconds
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38-a. Torey Long describes how she went from a mystery book reader as a child to an engineer in the failure analysis lab.
Duration: 1 minute 3 seconds
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39-a. Torey Long explains how she helped to solve the mystery of a malfunction of a space station solar array joint.
Duration: 42 seconds
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