>>My name is Josh Peterson, I'm from Suwanee, Georgia,
and I go to Georgia Tech.
I've been working on the F-18 behind us,
and we're converting into a flight controls test bed.
Ever since I can remember I've been fascinated with space
and flight, and everything that has to do with an airplane.
So really, working at NASA is a dream come true.
>>My name's Emma Ruano, I'm from Tehachapi, California,
and I'm going to Bakersfield College
and majoring in Industrial Technology.
This year I've been working on IKHANA.
I'm a mechanic for NASA's IKHANA MQ-9 Reaper.
I became interested in working for NASA when my mentor from
both National Test Pilot School and robotics encouraged me
to delve further in the aerospace industries.
I got online and found NASA's internship website
and I just applied.
>>My name is Karter Rohrer, I go to school
at Cal Poly Pomona, I grew up in Tehachapi.
So I specialize in cyber security, so I've been
looking at NASA web servers. I've been
looking for vulnerabilities, pen testing them,
which means I try to hack them.
The impact that I've made on my department is
I've improved the overall IT security at Armstrong and
after I leave I will improve the agency IT security.
It's going to help a lot. It's going to protect our systems.
I'm coming in as an outside hacker trying to hack
our systems. If I'm not doing this, somebody else will.
>>My name is Kira Headrick, I'm from Boulder, Colorado,
but I grew up all on the east coast,
and I go to Harvard University.
I've always been interested in things NASA does.
When I was little it was mostly the
high profile stuff like going to the moon,
but as I've gotten older I've gotten more interested in
aircraft and stuff like that.
When I was looking for an internship over the summer,
NASA seemed like a place that I would try to go.
>>My name is Loren Newton, I'm from Corona, California,
and I attend the University of California, Berkeley.
What I've really enjoyed about my experience here at NASA
is pretty much, I mean,
the entire experience as a whole.
The forward thinking, the cutting-edge environment
that we're working in, the various people that I get
to work with, not just the professionals, but also
the brilliant interns that we get to work with,
the ground-breaking research,
it's been a dream come true.
>>The internship program at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
is focused on bringing students into NASA Armstrong
and providing them with a hands-on opportunity
to pursue their career.
The majority of our students are in the STEM fields.
We also bring students in from everything from
Graphics, Photography,
Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering.
All across our Center we've been trying to broaden our program
and touch as many areas as we can.
>>It's always fascinating to me the things
they figure out on their own.
It would go much faster if the engineers were to
interfere with the students and tell them,
"No, we want you to do it exactly this way."
But part of this is so that the students can discover those
those things for themselves.
>>It's been an amazing experience working with the
with the professionals here at the center.
This is what I aspire to do in the future,
so really getting to work with people who are
at the absolute top of the field it's really mind-blowing,
but it's at the same time something to be very proud of
and a very humbling experience.
>>I really like how everyone believes in their project.
Even though I'm working in a project under my mentor,
I am also very independent.
I'm treated like a real employee here.
>>Most out of my time at NASA I've enjoyed
working with the other interns here,
and with Oscar and Al, my mentors.
It has been such an eye-opening experience to
work on a center where this is what they do,
and they have so much insight and experience.
I think the people here have been my favorite part.
>> So my time at NASA has helped my career in various ways,
and it's given me real-time experience on real situations
that I'll be using for the rest of my life,
when I'm either working at NASA or if I'm at another company.
My experience here has changed my life.
>>My time at NASA this summer has not only
helped me choose what I want to do,
but it's given me the experience that I'm going to need
to work in the field that I'm going into.
I'm working hands-on, side-by-side with somebody who's
doing exactly what I want to do when I graduate.
>>Someone interested in pursuing the things that I'm doing,
I would just say, "Go for it."
It's easy to think that you can't do that,
or that you're not going to get chosen, but the thing is, that
if you're willing to put in the time to learn it,
you can do anything that you want.
At NASA, in other careers, everywhere.
>>Apply as much as possible, because we have
everyone from a high school student to a Ph.D. student here,
and who knows what they'll see on your application.
>>If you want to work at NASA, I encourage you to apply.
It's definitely worth the time and it's a great experience.