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+ One Giant Leap Michael Klooster (’22) knew he wanted to work in the space industry since he was in fifth grade, and he took one giant leap toward his dream by earning a 10-week internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), along with funding from the NASA Arizona Space Grant Consortium. Working in the Electromechanical Systems Branch of the NASA center, Klooster partnered with two other interns to develop new designs for a reconfigurable, modular rover to serve as a testbed for space exploration. They presented their plans at the NASA GSFC Summer 2021 Intern Symposium, where NASA engineers offered advice on their concept, as well as their career goals. “I didn’t know the correct path to take towards my goal of working at NASA. But I knew starting as an Aerospace Engineering major at Embry-Riddle that I could find the right advice, knowledge and technical skills to get there.” Michael Klooster (’22) B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering senior Michael Klooster (’22) completed an internship at NASA, where he helped design new concepts for rovers to be used in future space explorations. Pictured is a 3D rendering of the Mars Rover Perseverance.
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