Show Summary:

What's it like to live and work in outer space? In this special episode of The STEM Space, we share our most viewed Space Club Career Chat with former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar! She worked for NASA for 27 years, flew five times on the space shuttle logging over 50 days in space, and is now a professor of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Dunbar shares her journey to becoming an astronaut and then answers questions submitted by elementary and middle school students! You can also watch the presentation on our YouTube channel.

Links from the Show:

All About Space Club

Video: Career Chat: Retired Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar (Texas A&M)

Bring Space Club to Your School! FREE TO ALL EDUCATORS!

Video: Space Club: Mission to Moon

Space Colony Competition

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Other STEM Resources

All About Bonnie J. Dunbar

NASA biography (PDF)

Texas A&M University profile

News Article: Space Suits Of The Future Will Fit Better And Do More

Vivify YouTube: STEM Career Chats

Book: Jules Verne “From the Earth to the Moon”

NASA - Historical References:

- Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space

- John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7

- President Kennedy Proposes Moon Landing Goal in Speech to Congress

- Historical Origins of ISS

- Skylab - America’s First Space Station

- Artemis Program

- How To Be An Astronaut

- Astronauts Homepage

Smithsonian Article: Rita Rapp Fed America’s Space Travelers

YouTube: Stunning aurora as seen from the Space Station | European Space Agency

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