Just a lady interested in science, nature, and writing about my adventures.
It’s officially been five years since I first started my blog! What a whirlwind of storytelling it’s been. I can’t believe that I’ve stuck with it for five years, to be honest. I’m not sure that I’ve kept up with any other habit or hobby for five years. I’ve taken a few breaks, I suppose,…
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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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It’s my 200th blog post! After four and a half years of blogging, I’ve hit my 200th blog post! I still remember publishing my first blog post and starting this journey. I was so nervous to share my life on the internet so publicly and while I know that I still have an incredibly small…
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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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Emmalee Mauldin 