Podcasts became my addiction while training for my first long distance races. There is only so much music you can listen to while you run for hours on end! What started as something to listen to while working out became part of my daily routine while walking to class and doing chores at home. View this post on Instagram 6 months and 600 miles later, I finished my second Marine Corps Marathon with a 43 minute PR (4:48:39)!!! Thanks to my dad and @astrobc1 for being the BEST support crew 🌟 who knows what I’ll do next with all that spare time I’ll have 😜 A post shared by Katie…
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How She Found Her Second NASA Internship
A lot of little kids dream of being an astronaut when they grow up, but what does it really mean to spend your summer working for NASA. Two-time NASA intern (and co-host of Get This Girl a Job), Katie Melbourne shares her experience doing research at NASA Goddard and how she sees astronomy research fitting into her dream of a career in science policy. Name: Katie Melbourne Job Title: Astrophysics Research Intern at NASA Goddard Location: Greenbelt, Maryland College: Yale University Year: 2.5 Major: Astrophysics What are you doing this summer? I am working on extending and improving previous analysis completed for Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass…
