Being an Engineer

S2E16 Deep Space Exploration, Earth-Like Planet Discoveries, & The Search for Life | Tracy Drain


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Tracy is a Flight Systems Engineer working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Over her 20-year career, she has helped to develop, test and operate a variety of robotic spacecraft to explore our Solar System. A life-long learner herself, she loves encouraging people of all ages to nurture their curiosity and explore the wonders that are all around us every day.

Update - Tracy asked me to include this quick correction to the podcast: you can see the lines and darkened areas on Europa clipper in natural color images, not just the false color ones that have enhanced contrast. To see example images side by side, click this link for an image from NASA’s Galileo Gallery. 

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About Being An Engineer

The Being An Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.

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