76. Career Chat with an Astronaut

76. Career Chat with an Astronaut

8/12/2022

Show Summary:

What's it like to live and work in outer space? In this special episode of The STEM Space, we share our most viewed Space Club Career Chat with former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar! She worked for NASA for 27 years, flew five times on the space shuttle logging over 50 days in space, and is now a professor of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Dunbar shares her journey to becoming an astronaut and then answers questions submitted by elementary and middle school students! You can also watch the presentation on our YouTube channel.

Links from the Show:

All About Space Club

• Video: Career Chat: Retired Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar (Texas A&M)

• Bring Space Club to Your School!

• Video: Space Club: Mission to Moon

• Space Colony Competition by Vivify

Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes

• 37. The Learning Potential of Space Club

• 46. STEM Career Chat with Bioengineer Dr. Georgia Lagoudas

• 53: Getting Data From Our Poop? Career Chat with Dr. Olesen

• 62. Life on Another Planet? Career Chat with an Astrobiologist!

• 64. Inspire Kids with Space: Chat with NASA Ground Controller!

• 70. Career Chat with a Satellite Program Manager

Vivify STEM Blog Posts

• Top 10 Ways To Encourage Girls In STEM

• 10 Easy STEM Career Classroom Activities

• I Didn't Always Want to be an Engineer

Vivify STEM Lessons & Products

• Who is an Engineer or Scientist? STEM Career Game & Activity (PreK-9th)

• STEM Careers BINGO Game! (Middle & High School)

• Digital STEM Choice Board: STEM Careers!

• STEM Career Classroom Posters

Other STEM Resources

• All About Bonnie J. Dunbar

  • NASA biography

  • Texas A&M University profile

  • News Article: Space Suits Of The Future Will Fit Better And Do More

• Vivify YouTube: STEM Career Chats

• Book: Jules Verne “From the Earth to the Moon”

• NASA - Historical References

  • Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space

  • John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7

  • President Kennedy Proposes Moon Landing Goal in Speech to Congress

  • Historical Origins of ISS

  • Skylab - America’s First Space Station

  • Artemis Program

  • How To Be An Astronaut

  • Astronauts Homepage

• Smithsonian Article: Rita Rapp Fed America’s Space Travelers

• YouTube: 4K: Aurora / Southern Lights - Most Incredible View Of Earth Seen From Space

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