Tracy Drain: Flight Systems Engineer

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WGBH: Design Squad Nation
Tracy Drain: Flight Systems engineer

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Running Time: 3m 46s
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Source: Mission: Solar System/DESIGN SQUAD NATION


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NASA

Tracy Drain is a flight systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. In this video from Design Squad Nation, Tracy describes her role in making sure all the parts and systems in a spacecraft work as expected. She also talks about “catching the space bug” as a kid and how fun it is to solve new, complicated problems.

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  • Why does NASA want to have someone like Tracy on each project?
  • Why is it important to test out equipment before sending it into space?
  • What are some of the things Tracy says she loves about being an engineer?
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