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02.20.20 My Long-Distance Relationship With SpitzerAbout six years ago, I was fortunate to have been given a chance to join the Spitzer Operations team. I had two jobs ... read blog post |
02.13.20 From Happy Developer to Good Manager: A software programmer learns to manage code and people at the SSCI joined Spitzer Science Center (SSC) in 1997 after working in NED as a software developer for eight years, though it... read blog post |
02.11.20 The Spitzer North Team: It’s a Big Universe and a Small WorldWhen we meet one of our colleagues for the first time, it usually doesn’t take very long to figure out that we have f... read blog post |
02.07.20 Being Part of Spitzer is Being Part of HistoryI joined the Spitzer Flight Control Team four years ago. I worked as the ACE, which is the person who sends commands ... read blog post |
01.28.20 From Unpaid Intern to Engineering Lead: A Life Voyage With SpitzerThe start of my life and career voyage via Spitzer began in 2014. After a two-year unpaid internship at JPL doing gra... read blog post |
01.23.20 A Phone Call that Changed My LifeIn July of 1997, as Manager of the Science Data Processing Systems Section at JPL, I was having the time of my life m... read blog post |
01.14.20 Rime of the Ancient Astronomer: Dr. Deborah Levine Waxes Poetic With a Spitzer Tale in VerseI leapt from "Superfriend" to Ph.D., then learned Science Operations in Spain, on ISO. 'Til George and SIRTF lured me... read blog post |
01.06.20 Spitzer's Safe Space: Commanding A Telescope Millions of Miles AwayThe best way for me to express my time at Spitzer can be wrapped up in one word: family. Spitzer was the first projec... read blog post |
12.16.19 Bitten by the Spitzer Bug: Covering Spitzer News Is The Coolest Job in LAAbout 16 years ago I was ecstatic to hear I got the job as a science communicator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory... read blog post |
12.02.19 Three Months of Checkout, A Lifetime of MemoriesSpitzer was my job for seven years, and has been an important part of my research for much longer. I even met my wife... read blog post |
10.23.19 Space Was Her Second Act: As Spitzer Takes Its Final Bow, Astronomer and Actress Aomawa Shields Thanks Spitzer For Her Big Break.I am thinking of the Spitzer Space Telescope, and about the job I got as Helpdesk Operator in 2005. That job was mean... read blog post |
09.18.19 Don’t Sneeze On Spitzer! Matthew Ashby remembers his first time meeting the telescopeThinking back on it now, so close to the end of Spitzer's mission, it would be pretty hard to understate the impact i... read blog post |
09.04.19 NASA’s Spitzer’s Space Telescope: Shaping Scientific Careers of Researchers and Future Space TelescopesThis year we celebrate the 15-year legacy of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. I was happy to be asked to write about t... read blog post |
08.03.19 The Adventure of a LifetimeMy Spitzer story starts in 1999 when I was working on my PhD at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. I... read blog post |
07.17.19 Seeing SpitzerI have no direct proof that Spitzer exists. I joined Spitzer relatively late, in 2007, four years after launch. I hav... read blog post |
06.26.19 Spitzer: More than a space telescope. It is part of my family and a piece of who I am.We often think about Spitzer as being a 16-year-old. That is the time it has been operating after its launch on a Del... read blog post |
06.12.19 Two Decades of 'Growing Up' with SpitzerAs Spitzer is on its "Final Voyage", training its infrared eye on the sky for the final nine months of its mission, I... read blog post |
05.29.19 Long Live Spitzer!As a graduate student at the turn of the millennium, I will never forget a particular moment that caused my whole bei... read blog post |
05.14.19 Spitzer's Final VoyageOn January 30, 2020, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope will transmit the final science and engineering data to mission c... read blog post |
07.31.18 14 Years and 11 Months in Space... One More Month to Go Before #Spitzer15In less than one month, NASA’s Spitzer Space telescope will be exactly half my age and given how much time went into ... read blog post |
07.17.17 Join #AskSpitzer campaign for the 14th anniversary celebration!August 25 marks 14 years since NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was launched into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida.... read blog post |
05.10.17 Happy Mother’s Day!Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14th, and we are celebrating moms who are scientists on social media! read blog post |
05.05.17 5000 days of TravelMay 3rd, 2017 marked the 5,000th day of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope mission. Happy 5000th day, Spitzer! We receive... read blog post |
03.10.17 Make your own TRAPPIST-1 MusicWe want your contribution. Take the transit notes and add your own music to them. Whether it’s classical, jazz, world... read blog post |
02.22.17 Making Music from ExoplanetsI am one of the artists that develops education & public outreach multimedia for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. When... read blog post |
08.28.15 Are Giants Messy Eaters?When stars eat planets, are they messy eaters? Do they leave any crumbs? Our upcoming refereed journal article descri... read blog post |
04.20.15 Next-Generation Scientists: Creating Opportunities for High School Students Through Astronomical ResearchWhat started as an exciting opportunity to get a glimpse into the world of astronomical research became a part of our... read blog post |
03.24.15 NASA & Spitzer @ SXSWWhere do you go to reach thousands of people from all walks of life who would love to find out more about what NASA i... read blog post |
06.30.14 AAS 2014 - My Time in the NITARP Program Comes to an End...If you've been following my blog, you know I was lucky enough to be part of the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Pr... read blog post |
04.02.14 Become a Photojournalist of the Milky Way!Over the years, NASA has released a lot of beautiful space images. Sometimes they're even given cute names based on w... read blog post |
03.20.14 Remembrance of Things PastThere are many things I remember from late 2003 and early 2004. I remember on December 25, 2003 I was in my office a... read blog post |
01.07.14 Discovering Our Universe from the ClassroomHow many high school teachers and kids can say that they have presented their astronomy research alongside profession... read blog post |
11.13.13 From IRAS to Spitzer and Beyond: 30 years of Space-Based Infrared AstronomyThis talk on "From IRAS to Spitzer and Beyond: 30 Years of Space-Based Infrared Astronomy" was given as part of the p... read blog post |
08.22.13 Not a Politician; Not a Carbonated BeverageMost blog readers are no doubt familiar with the world of space telescopes. But have you ever gone to your friends an... read blog post |
08.08.13 NITARP - Summer 2013I can't believe that my NITARP summer trip is done, but it was SO much fun. I'm exhausted, but I don't think I've eve... read blog post |
06.26.13 NITARP updates!If you keep up with my blog, you know that one of my projects this year is NITARP, the NASA/IPAC teacher archive rese... read blog post |
06.18.13 Bringing Astronomy to Kids in CrisisHere at Spitzer, we’ve just spent a fabulous 8 weeks working with Learning Works, a local school for youth in crisis,... read blog post |
03.18.13 Our Proposal is Written, Now the Research Begins!I've come to the realization (for the second school year in a row) that blogging during the school year is near impos... read blog post |
01.16.13 My Visit to AAS with NITARPI very excitedly registered for the AAS meeting, booked a hotel and worked with the JPL staff to book my flights. I s... read blog post |
10.15.12 NITARP 2013 Class of EducatorsToday, we are announcing the class of 2013 NITARP educators. We partner professional scientists with (primarily) high... read blog post |
