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People_of_Space: Nicholas

12 Feb, 9 tweets, 5 min read

Let's talk about NASA Internships! Presently, they fall into two primary categories: Internships and Pathways. They both offer awesome opportunities within the agency. #NASAInterns

Internships are usually specifically tied to one specific program or mission and last a single term: Fall, Spring or Summer. The funding can come from a variety of sources and you generally aren't considered a civil servant. #NASAInterns

Pathways on the other hand are funded and employed directly by NASA in a civil service capacity, which means regular pay on the GS scale, as opposed to a stipend. They also are more general to whatever NASA center you're hired at. #NASAInterns

Pathways interns will come back to their center over a number of terms until the completion of their degree, after which they may have the opportunity to be converted into permanent full-time NASA employees! #NASAInterns

My internship was a single term position with the systems engineering team on the Lucy mission at Goddard Space Flight Center in Summer 2020. Because of the pandemic, essentially all the work was remote but it was still an excellent experience! #NASAInterns

My responsibilities included attending engineering meetings with other segments of the Lucy team as the mission was preparing for ATLO, which stands for Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations. #NASAInterns

My primary project was conducting a SysEng trade study for an instrument to hypothetically be integrated with the IPP. It was definitely a busy time to be involved with the mission and complicated to coordinate with remote operations but definitely rewarding. #NASAInterns

If you're interested in regular NASA Internships and are a full-time student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher,, go to this link and create a profile: nasa.force.com/s/login/

If you're interested in NASA Pathways, and are at least a half-time student with a GPA of 2.9 or higher, then they're posted on USAJobs, where most federal civil service jobs are posted: usajobs.gov

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