Interview with NASA Engineer // Ms Zaida Hernandez // Thermal Design Engineer.
FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN WORKING AS THERMAL DESIGN ENGINEER AT NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTRE
SHE SUPPORTS ARTEMIS PROGRAM WORKING ON THERMAL SYSTEMS FOR THE ORION SPACECRAFT WHICH IS THE VEHICLE TAKING THE NEXT PERSON TO THE MOON
GRADUATED WITH BACHELORS DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN 2015
MASTERS DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IN 2017
JOINED NASA AS INTERN IN 2010-2011
SHE IS A STEMINIST, LOVES TO PARTICIPATE IN STEM & NASA OUTREACH EVENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN OR UNDER REPRESENTED GROUPS
SHE RECENTLY PUBLISHED BILINGUAL CHILDREN BOOK ABOUT SPACE- SPACE ESPACIO TO HELP ASPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
We discuss about her journey from a Mechanical Engineer to a successfull NASA Engineer.
We talk about Artemis/Orion programme.
NASA’s Orion program is managed at Johnson, where a team of engineers oversees the R&D of the spacecraft. Orion is NASA’s spacecraft that will send astronauts to deep space destinations, including on the journey to Mars.
ARTEMIS:- We build an Artemis Base Camp on the surface and the Gateway in lunar orbit. These elements will allow our robots and astronauts to explore more and conduct more science than ever before.
Lastly, i ask some rapid Q&A questions.
She did give a shocking answer at the end. Watch complete video.
1 ноя 2021
