{"id":621723,"date":"2024-02-27T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=621723"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:21:56","slug":"former-student-launch-competitor-turns-experience-into-nasa-engineering-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/former-student-launch-competitor-turns-experience-into-nasa-engineering-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Student Launch Competitor Turns Experience into NASA Engineering Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Former Student Launch Competitor Turns Experience into NASA Engineering Career<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A group of students in black t-shirts and red shorts pose around a student created rocket.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg 2763w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=300,232 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=768,594 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=1024,792 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=1536,1188 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=2048,1584 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=400,309 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=600,464 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=900,696 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=1200,928 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.jpeg?resize=2000,1547 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meredith Patterson, front row, center right, poses with her teammates in the High-Powered Rocketry Club at North Carolina State University on the day they launched the rocket they built for NASA\u2019s 2023 Student Launch. The experience and knowledge Patterson gained from her years participating in the annual competition helped pave the way for a career at NASA after graduation. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">High-Powered Rocketry Club at NC State<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>By Jessica Barnett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, all it takes is a few years and the right people to completely change a person\u2019s career trajectory. One such example is Meredith Patterson, an aerospace engineer at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, who went from knowing little to nothing about rockets to being part of the team that is working to put humans back on the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She credits her success in large part to NASA\u2019s Student Launch, which not only helped her uncover her passion for aerospace engineering but gave her the knowledge and experience she needed to get where she is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/nasa-student-launch\/\">The annual Student Launch competition<\/a> invites student teams from across the U.S. to spend nine months designing, building, and testing a high-powered rocket carrying a scientific or engineering payload. The hands-on, research-based engineering activity culminates each year in a final launch in Huntsville. This year\u2019s challenge conclusion is set for April 10-14, with the final launch date set for April 13 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Student Launch is open to students as young as sixth grade, Patterson was in her junior year of high school when she learned about the competition during a tour of North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I walked into the rocketry lab there, I knew then, however many years it was going to take, I wanted to be the person who was able to run that and help put together everything for us to be successful in Student Launch,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?w=1125\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A college student works on a student created rocket with safety glasses on her face.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png 1125w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=300,219 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=768,561 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=1024,748 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=400,292 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=600,438 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/7.png?resize=900,658 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meredith Patterson, then-freshman at North Carolina State University, assembles the competition vehicle used by the school\u2019s high-powered rocketry club in this photo from the NASA\u2019s 2019 Student Launch. Patterson was a member of the club and a regular participant in Student Launch for five years before graduating and turning her experience into a full-time career as an aerospace engineer at NASA. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">High-Powered Rocketry Club at NC State<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>She attended North Carolina State for five years, participating in each year\u2019s Student Launch competition and leading the team to a fourth-place win during her final year. She received her Level I and Level II certifications from Tripoli Rocketry Association through Student Launch, and she was able to connect with mentors from Tripoli and the National Rocketry Association that helped her get the hands-on experience and technical know-how she believes are key to success in the aerospace industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy leadership skills grew, my system engineering skills grew, and my technical writing skills grew,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cHaving mentors through the competition allowed me to ask questions and learn on the technical side of things, too. I think I use more information from Student Launch day to day than from almost any of my classes in college.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said attending an engineering camp at 16 years old first unlocked her interest in spaceflight and rocketry, but it was through Student Launch that she got to really dive in and deepen her passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy to think that less than 10 years ago, I had never even built a rocket, and now I can build Level II-sized rockets on my own and I\u2019m actively working on the biggest solid rocket boosters in the world,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cJust in the past year, I\u2019ve gone from the L-class motor that we used for Student Launch to casting 11-inch motors to now actively watching the casting of the SLS (Space Launch System) boosters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg 3753w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=768,491 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=1024,655 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=1536,982 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=2048,1310 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=400,256 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=600,384 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=900,576 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=1200,767 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/msfc-202300937.jpg?resize=2000,1279 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meredith Patterson, a former competitor in NASA\u2019s Student Launch Challenge, now works as an aerospace engineer at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASAMSFCDanielle Burle<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Student Launch is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/stem.nasa.gov\/artemis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Artemis Student Challenges<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/nasa-announces-teams-for-2024-student-launch-challenge\/\">Seventy teams representing 24 states and Puerto Rico<\/a> were selected to compete in the 2024 Student Launch Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall hosts the Student Launch challenge with management support provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement<\/a> \u2013 Southeast Region. 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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/52154664239-c204ff1706-k.jpg?resize=1200,916 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/52154664239-c204ff1706-k.jpg?resize=2000,1527 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">4 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">Slow Your Student\u2019s \u2018Summer Slide\u2019 and Beat Boredom With NASA STEM<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/nasa-announces-winners-of-2024-student-launch-competition\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sl24.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sl24.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sl24.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sl24.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, 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C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 days ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/faces-of-stem\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Faces of STEM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=300,92 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=768,236 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=1024,315 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=400,123 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=600,184 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasa-internship-project-at-glenn.jpg?resize=900,277 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/nasa-student-launch\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>NASA Student Launch Challenge<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Middle\/high school and college-level student teams design, build, test, and launch a high-powered rocket carrying a scientific or engineering payload.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg 1785w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=768,553 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=1024,738 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=1536,1107 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=400,288 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=600,432 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=900,648 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nasa-student-launch-challenge.jpg?resize=1200,865 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/marshall\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Marshall Space Flight Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" 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