#dream job

[nasa]

Tiny BurstCube's Tremendous Travelogue

Meet BurstCube! This shoebox-sized satellite is designed to study the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, called gamma-ray bursts. It detects gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light.

BurstCube may be small, but it had a huge journey to get to space.

First, BurstCube was designed and built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Here you can see Julie Cox, an early career engineer, working on BurstCube’s gamma-ray detecting instrument in the Small Satellite Lab at Goddard.

BurstCube is a type of spacecraft called a CubeSat. These tiny missions give early career engineers and scientists the chance to learn about mission development — as well as do cool science!

Then, after assembling the spacecraft, the BurstCube team took it on the road to conduct a bunch of tests to determine how it will operate in space. Here you can see another early career engineer, Kate Gasaway, working on BurstCube at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

She and other members of the team used a special facility there to map BurstCube’s magnetic field. This will help them know where the instrument is pointing when it’s in space.

The next stop was back at Goddard, where the team put BurstCube in a vacuum chamber. You can see engineers Franklin Robinson, Elliot Schwartz, and Colton Cohill lowering the lid here. They changed the temperature inside so it was very hot and then very cold. This mimics the conditions BurstCube will experience in space as it orbits in and out of sunlight.

Then, up on a Goddard rooftop, the team — including early career engineer Justin Clavette — tested BurstCube’s GPS. This so-called open-sky test helps ensure the team can locate the satellite once it’s in orbit.

The next big step in BurstCube’s journey was a flight to Houston! The team packed it up in a special case and took it to the airport. Of course, BurstCube got the window seat!

Once in Texas, the BurstCube team joined their partners at Nanoracks (part of Voyager Space) to get their tiny spacecraft ready for launch. They loaded the satellite into a rectangular frame called a deployer, along with another small satellite called SNoOPI (Signals of Opportunity P-band Investigation). The deployer is used to push spacecraft into orbit from the International Space Station.

From Houston, BurstCube traveled to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where it launched on SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply servicing mission on March 21, 2024. BurstCube traveled to the station along with some other small satellites, science experiments, as well as a supply of fresh fruit and coffee for the astronauts.

A few days later, the mission docked at the space station, and the astronauts aboard began unloading all the supplies, including BurstCube!

And finally, on April 18, 2024, BurstCube was released into orbit. The team will spend a month getting the satellite ready to search the skies for gamma-ray bursts. Then finally, after a long journey, this tiny satellite can embark on its big mission!

BurstCube wouldn’t be the spacecraft it is today without the input of many early career engineers and scientists. Are you interested in learning more about how you can participate in a mission like this one? There are opportunities for students in middle and high school as well as college!

Keep up on BurstCube’s journey with NASA Universe on X and Facebook. And make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[abordeanbeautyqueen]

‘what do u wanna do when u grow up?’

die 🎀♡🧁

[simplysnaps]

As someone who originally thought she wanted to work in media broadcasting, I'm so relieved I grew out of it. I went to school for it, worked grueling jobs for five years just to be behind a camera, and suffered abuse, wage theft, and so much more in order to keep a job in the "field of my dreams."

Then one day I looked around a realized I actually hated media, didn't care for cameras in the slightest, and only kind of enjoyed editing video. I jumped industries to a "boring customer support" position and am making TWICE my old salary with actual benefits and free time to be happy.

If you feel like you're stuck in a field because it's what you dreamed about at the age of 14, I am giving you permission to ask yourself if you'd be happier with a desk job and a 401k. I think we romanticize weird and interesting jobs but honestly you can just work something tolerable all day and then put your passion into your hobbies.

For you folks who would actually rather die than leave your dream job, disregard this post. It's not for you and I am genuinely happy for you, it must be wild to have that kind of passion and commitment to something. I just think it's not as ubiquitous as we sometimes think.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[todayontumblr]

Wednesday, March 13.

They're gonna make you proud.

Because if space really is the place, consider them well on their way. En route, if you will. The following 12 mighty fine folk only went and graduated from NASA's astronaut school. They are now ready and set, suited and booted, to head up into that big old mysterious blanket above and see what's good. Perhaps they will bring y'all a souvenir. 

In the meantime, may we introduce you to the people who put the rad in graduation. Nay, who put the ace in space.

Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Applications are now open. And be sure to check out The Universe is Calling: Apply to Be a NASA Astronaut (Official NASA Video feat. Morgan Freeman.)

Make sure to follow NASA on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!"

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Cave Johnson voice: so I hear you’ve acquired some Sleep Debt; don’t you worry, I’m gonna have my engineers set you up with a Dream Job and you can work it off while you’re unconscious!

[clairesstudycorner]

It's time for me to start taking necessary steps to become the version of myself that I can't stop dreaming about.

[blorbocedes]

i do respect f1 drivers' loyalties to their true wag. which is the bestie they give a fake job to keep around. like actual girlfriends come and go and get cheated on, but that bestie is your photographer/social media coordinator/personal trainer/guy you bring to the club and on family vacations whose job is to comment "🔥" under your insta

[nasa]

Our newest class of astronaut candidates graduated on March 5, 2024. This means they’re now eligible for spaceflight assignments to the International Space Station, the Moon, and beyond! In the next twelve posts, we’ll introduce these new astronauts.

Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Applications are now open.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[csuitebitches]

50 Interview Prep Questions

Here’s a list of questions I used to get a job. I felt it could be useful for you too, and is fairly generic. I think this is one of the most comprehensive HR/ job application question guides that I’ve created - so I hope that you find it useful.

Questions:

Why are you interested in working for this company?

Tell me about your education.

Why have you chosen this particular field?

Describe your best/worst boss/ teacher.

In a job, what interests you most/least?

What is your major weakness?

Give an example of how you solved a problem in the past.

Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?

What are your strengths?

How do others describe you?

What do you consider your best accomplishment in your last job?

Where do you see yourself in three years?

Think about something you consider a failure in your life, and tell me why you think it happened.

How do you think you will fit into this operation?

If you were hired, what ideas/talents could you contribute to the position or our company?

What do you know about this company?

Give an example where you showed leadership and initiative.

Give an example of when you were able to contribute to a team project.

What have you done to develop or change in the last few years?

Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.

What are your goals?

What can you do for us that other candidates can't?

If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?

Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.

Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?

Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.

What was the last project you led, and what was its outcome?

Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?

What do you know about this industry?

Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?

How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?

What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?

If selected for this position, can you describe your strategy for the first 90 days?

What are your lifelong dreams?

What do you ultimately want to become?

What is your personal mission statement?

What's the last book you read?

Who are your heroes?

What do you like to do for fun?

What do you do in your spare time?

Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?

Are you willing to relocate?

What salary are you seeking?

How would you describe your work style? (Autonomous/ collaborative/ freedom to take certain decisions/ get a list of tasks from your boss and finish that)

What would be your ideal working environment?

How do you juggle multiple high-priority projects?

Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult client. How did you handle it?

How does this job fit in with your career aspirations?

Do you have any questions for me?

How well do you assimilate into a new environment?

[forgotmyoldaccount]

Reading scary stories in a basement with three other weirdos is actually my dream job idk why everyones complaining

[x3nshit]

dream job? nah, i just wanna stare at flowers, and the moon, and the sky forever and always

[theereina]

Black Women in the Medical/Healthcare Field 🏥👩🏾‍⚕️🩺🥼💉💊

[ayvenrae]

my dream 🫀🩺

[femme-dor]

I see myself in a career where I attend all types of exclusive elegant events, network & befriend many important, influential people (not influencers) over wine and expensive plates, fly to major cities around the world & stay in luxury hotels, dress expensively, be involved in important executive meetings, and retiring to my house in the hills. 💖