Aerospace Engineer

Aerospace Engineer

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Aerospace engineers design and test aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles.

VIRTUAL JOB SHADOW

Welcome to your first day on the job! Watch this video to see what a day in the life of an aerospace engineer is like.

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When aerospace engineers want to create something new, they usually start by analyzing related things on a small scale. For example, balloons! Here’s how to get started as an aerospace engineer:

STEP 1: Get a balloon and blow it up.

STEP 2: Let it go!

STEP 3: Analyze – How does this relate to a rocket? Try to use these words: shuttle, thrust, force, velocity, Newton’s Laws, gravity

STEP 4: CHALLENGE

  • Why doesn’t the balloon (and rockets) keep going forever into the universe?
  • If this were a real rocket, where would it go? How could you make this prediction?

STEP 5: Write a summary or post a picture of a labeled diagram in the Student Showcase to build your resume as an Aerospace Engineer!

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