Intern Blog Postings

Week 4: Goddard, Frisbee, Scones, and Outreach

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Nicole Leung

This week, I finally got to see the Goddard Space Flight Center campus! There was an intern picnic event on Wednesday, and I got one day visitor access to participate. In theory, Goddard is 30 minutes away from ACP.

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Ben Johnson

Week 4: Beware the IDE's of June

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Benjamin Johnson

This week started off with a phenomenal bit of fun when the IDE I’ve been using to develop my code, Spyder, decided to stop working.  Gotta love Mondays.  After uninstalling and reinstalling both Spyder and Anaconda twice, I was able to get it fixed.  I then began working on an implementation of

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Week 4: "it's a search engine!......BING!"

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Janessa Slone

Buckle in. This week was long.

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Week 4: Astronomy on the Mall

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Anthony Olguin

As the week comes to an end, I realize how quickly the internship is passing by. By the time I looked at the clock the workday was almost over. Half of the week was going through a bunch of readings to finish putting together a figure.

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Week 4: Play and Learn

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Saksham Prajapati

Even though Monday was Juneteenth, I still had a meeting with my professor for my directed-reading. We both chose an article to read about which will be helping me with the project I am doing for this internship. 

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Week 4: Two Walks Down the National Mall

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Matangi Melpakkam

I could not speak about this past week without first acknowledging the overturning of Roe v. Wade by SCOTUS, thus ending federal protection of abortion after almost fifty years. When I heard the news Friday morning, I felt shock, grief, and anger.

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Week 4: Astronomy on the Mall, Summer Solstice, Interview with Physicists

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Gizem Dogan

This Saturday we had the Astronomy on the Mall event open to all Washingtonians.

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Week 4: Sick Week

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Valeria Viteri-Pflucker

I had a weird week this week. On Monday I went to the beach with a few of the other interns, only to find out while there that my roommate tested positive for COVID-19. I became a bit paranoid as I had been a bit tired the past 2 days – a bit more than usual.

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Week 4: Orchestras, Data! and Picnics

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Taylor Overcast

As the weeks fly by I am beginning to realize none of them will feel like 7 days, and none of them will look the same. I was expecting to fall into a rhythm after being here for a little bit.

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