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How I Got Into NASA SEES: My Application Journey to Detecting Exoplanets
December 18, 2025 If you’re a high school student interested in space, you’ve probably heard of NASA SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science). I applied…
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Exoplanet Transits – Detecting Planets Around Other Stars
Anya Allen, Juhi Bhatt, William Deklich, Zijun He , Jameson Palmer, Samuel Thomas, Mina UzgorenNASA SEES Exoplanet Transits Team Mentor: Thomas Rutherford Introduction Ever since…
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A Day at the DC Air and Space Museum: Where “Museum” Starts Feeling Like a Spaceport
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles) is the kind of place that recalibrates your sense of…
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Face-to-Face with the Blackbird at Udvar-Hazy
In the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center, most aircraft feel historic. The SR-71 Blackbird feels urgent—like it’s paused mid-mission. Even roped off under…
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Not Just “Capsules”: A Walk Through the Air and Space Museum’s Human-Scale Spacecraft
When people say “space capsule,” they usually mean the iconic blunt-bodied crew vehicles—tiny, tough, and built to survive re-entry. But walking through the National Air…
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Meeting Discovery: Seeing a Space Shuttle Up Close (and What You’re Looking At in My Photos)
Also known as me drooling at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center….. I’ve seen countless shuttle images in documentaries and mission footage, but standing under the real…
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December 18, 2025 If you’re a high school student interested in space, you’ve probably heard of NASA SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science). I applied…
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Anya Allen, Juhi Bhatt, William Deklich, Zijun He , Jameson Palmer, Samuel Thomas, Mina UzgorenNASA SEES Exoplanet Transits Team Mentor: Thomas Rutherford Introduction Ever since…
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The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles) is the kind of place that recalibrates your sense of…
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