![]() ![]() Happy National Intern Day! This is an exciting topic for us to be tackling. Host: Jaden, Leah, and Kelly, thank you so much for coming on Houston We Have a Podcast, today. So, here’s how the next generation is making their mark on the space industry. So, joining me is Jaden Chambers, a Pathways intern at the Kennedy Space Center Leah Davis, Pathways intern here at the Johnson Space Center and Kelly Smith, a student mentor here at the Johnson Space Center. Today we’re bringing in some successful students and a mentor, which, at least at NASA, is a full-time employee at NASA that’s there to help guide the interns through their journey at NASA. From there, what can you do to stand out, be successful, and maximize your chances to land that full-time gig? That’s what today’s episode is all about. By the way, Happy National Intern Day! So, let’s say you actually landed an internship. On this show, we bring in the experts sometimes we bring in the folks who will become the experts. Gary Jordan (Host): Houston, we have a podcast! Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 206, “How to be a Successful Intern.” I’m Gary Jordan and I’ll be your host today. This episode was recorded on June 14, 2021.Ĭheck out our collection of intern podcasts for National Intern Day! On Episode 206, NASA interns Jaden Chambers and Leah Davis join student mentor Kelly Smith to discuss the experience of being a NASA intern and what it takes to stand out. Learn more about how the work being done will help send humans forward to the Moon and on to Mars in the Artemis program. Listen to the brightest minds of America’s space agency – astronauts, engineers, scientists and program leaders – discuss exciting topics in engineering, science and technology, sharing their personal stories and expertise on every aspect of human spaceflight. “Houston We Have a Podcast” is the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center from Houston, Texas, home for NASA’s astronauts and Mission Control Center. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and there appears to be a happy ending to this story after all.If you’re fascinated by the idea of humans traveling through space and curious about how that all works, you’ve come to the right place. ![]() A young woman excited about earning an internship with NASA ended up losing it just as quickly after Homer Hickam simply reached out to her. These days, anything and everything you put on social media can come back to make your day or haunt you. From there, Hickam apparently did keep his word on helping her get her internship back with NASA as she stated on her new Twitter account. It appears as if Naomi did reach out to Homer Hickam to apologize to him and he not only accepted it, but offered one of his own. He has since posted this note… /c3N1uaRILE Update: deleted his twitter account following the abuse he got from others about his reply. Hickam did post a statement to explain the situation further. Hickam is also the inspiration for the 1999 movie October Sky, which starred Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role.Īfter that exchange, Naomi ended up making her Twitter account private and changed her bio to “Taking a break from Twitter for a while.” She later deleted her account as did Homer Hickam after he started receiving a lot of backlash from people for the exchange. When you tweet and instantly regret it □♂️ The next day, one man simply tweeted a single word to Naomi and it merely said, “Language.” At that point, Naomi decided to fire back with more vulgarity and thought she had the right to do that since she was “working” at NASA.Īt that point, former NASA engineer Homer Hickam revealed who she was speaking to. The tweet started getting passed around while receiving a lot of comments and likes. As reported by USA Today, she took to the social media giant to shout her excitement for all to read, but she did it in a strange way. The women, only known as on Twitter, was very excited by the fact that she had been accepted for an internship with NASA. One woman hopped on Twitter to tell the world she had earned the prized internship at NASA, but it didn’t take long for her to have it taken away after a vulgar exchange with Homer Hickam on Twitter. For those who end up earning such an honor, they should cherish it, celebrate it, and treat it with the respect it deserves. Getting an internship at a prestigious institution such as NASA is something that doesn’t happen for a lot of people. ![]()
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