Just a lady interested in science, nature, and writing about my adventures.
Want to know more about my experience in science communications? Check out this section! You can also find information about becoming a science journalist, old stories of mine, and what it’s like to work at NASA and complete NASA internships. I have a passion for space and science but by no means am an expert, so please keep that in mind!
If you’ve looked through my blog at least a little bit, you’ll probably notice that I’ve been to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a few times over the past two years. However, I haven’t ever been to the visitor center as a real tourist – until recently. My work was able to get…
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Located near the heart of downtown Jacksonville is the Museum of Science and History, or MOSH as it’s more affectionately known. I’d been meaning to go to MOSH ever since I first moved to Jacksonville (or Jax) ever since I moved here nearly 2 years ago because I’m a huge fan of museums, especially science…
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Did you know that just north of Flagstaff, Arizona, you can find a forgotten field filled with manmade craters that astronauts used to train for spacewalks during the Apollo program? It’s true! The Cinder Lakes crater field is a recreated moonscape that was made by the Astrogeology Research Program in collaboration with scientists from the…
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In all honesty, I originally wrote this blog post back in 2017 or 2018 during my internships at NASA. Yep, your math is correct – this blog post has been sitting in my drafts for over 4 years. I don’t know why I never posted it. Maybe because it’s kind of cheesy and awkward and…
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I recently had one of those “how is this my life” kind of moments. You might remember that a few months ago, I got to see the biggest rocket in the world, the Space Launch System (SLS) shortly after it completed its full assembly at NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Kennedy Space Center. That…
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At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the Space Launch System or “SLS” was recently fully assembled – and I got a sneak peek! The SLS has been developed for NASA’s Artemis program and is the most powerful rocket EVER built. A “super-heavy-lift launch vehicle that provides the foundation for human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit,” according to…
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If you don’t personally know me, I’m a HUGE aerospace + space nerd. Always have been. I mean, I’m a huge science nerd in general, but aerospace is one of my passions and is central to my career. I used to work at NASA but have since left to go into the private industry, which…
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So you want to intern a NASA? I don’t blame you! In my biased opinion, it’s one of the best places to intern! Here’s a fun fact: you don’t have to be in STEM to intern at NASA. Yes, you can intern and work at NASA and not be an engineer or scientists! They need…
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Emmalee Mauldin 