Intern Blog Postings

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Max Dornfest

Week one has been an exciting ride through white-water rapids. Given COVID-19, I am already so appreciative to have an internship at all this summer; so it is amazing to have also been assigned a serious caseload of work. The first day, I was tasked with reviewing legislation.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Alex Mikulich

I can confidently say that I am going to enjoy my summer with NASA! So far, I have attended several orientations with all types of interns, including both from NASA and from SPS.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Hale Stolberg

[Disclaimer: all opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of SPS or AIP]

 

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Maria Stokes

Hello and welcome to my first blog post of the summer!  

Joseph Dees

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Joseph Dees

As I woke up Monday morning, the air was charged with energy.  In just a few moments, I would begin my internship journey, maybe a little bittersweet as we were not able to be in Washington, but exciting nonetheless.  The rest of the interns, the SPS staff, and I spent the day on a zoom meeting l

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Madison Swirtz

My first warning sign was in the first sentence of the instructions: “This is something that should be avoided at all costs due to the amount of time it requires.” The steps were pretty simple, click about 20 buttons to specify the degree level and majors that apply to STEM, then choose

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Abdul Qadeer Rehan

After a previous week of pandemic stressors, political turmoil, and rising social movements, Monday was a breath of fresh air. Zoom calls have become the center of the pandemic and its hardships but in earnest, the orientation zoom meeting with all interns and SPS staff was a welcome sight.

Monday, August 12, 2019

Samantha Staskiewicz

I’ve been home in New Jersey for a little over a week, and it feels really weird. It’s a bittersweet feeling too be back. This summer was truly unforgettable, and I’m so grateful for all the opportunities SPS has given me.

Friday, August 9, 2019

Terance Schuh

The term “week 10” is misleading. It’s taken me just about 2 weeks to put this last blog post together and it’s not even really about my last week.

Joseph Tibbs

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Joseph Tibbs

Welcome to the appendices. I promise I’m not going to pull a Tolkien and make them full books in their own right—but I’m not putting a length restriction on myself this week. Consider yourself warned.

Pages