In the early days of space exploration, only a few elite professionals stood a chance of building a space-related career. Today, the job is still a highly prestigious one, but the rapid pace of ...

Aerospace Engineer, Flight Test Engineer, Design Engineer, Systems Engineer, Structures Engineer, Test Engineer, Aeronautical Engineer, Aerospace Stress Engineer, Avionics Engineer, Flight Systems ...

Engineering offers high salaries, strong job growth, and high satisfaction rates. With roles spanning from software to ...

As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, for our “Hidden Histories” series, we look at the life and legacy of Mary Golda Ross, the first Native American woman to become an engineer and a ...

Humans have been looking to the skies for hundreds of thousands of years. Now, we can actually reach them. From first flights, to Mars missions, to bringing light to the dark side of the moon, there's ...

September 15 marks the start of Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month- and what a better time to celebrate Latinx women in STEM! Latinx women are one of the most underrepresented identities in STEM ...

Renowned plasma scientist urges researchers and institutions to focus on scalable applications of plasma-based ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Craig Merrett, a Mississippi State Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty member, has been recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as an AIAA ...

Robert Korechoff, 75, currently lives a quiet life in Western Montana, but 30 years ago Korechoff worked on a camera that brought humanity awe-inspiring pictures from billions of light years away. The ...

Aerospace engineers earn a comfortable $121,110 per year on average in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Aerospace engineers do some very, very cool work. They design mainly ...

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