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Title: If you are looking for unparalleled challenges and opportunities, NASAJohn F. Kennedy Space Center K


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NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center
  • If you are looking for unparalleled challenges
    and opportunities, NASA/John F. Kennedy Space
    Center (KSC) is looking for you!
  • KSC is NASAs launch operations Center. In
    support of the Constellation Program, we are
    embarking on a new mission To design new and
    modify existing facilities, ground support
    equipment and test and checkout systems that will
    used to process and launch NASAs new space
    launch vehicles that will return humans to the
    moon.
  • These are exciting times and we are in need of
    highly qualified, motivated individuals to help
    us prepare for the future.
  • Recruiting Co-ops students pursuing a bachelors
    degree in the following fields of study
  • Engineering Electrical, Aerospace and
    Mechanical
  • Business-related Business administration/manageme
    nt, Accounting and Public Administration

2
The Vision for Space Exploration
  • To the Moon, Mars and Beyond
  • NASA plans for humans to return to the moon by
    the end of the next decade, paving the way for
    eventual journeys to Mars and beyond.
  • NASA plans to complete the International Space
    Station and retiring the shuttle fleet by 2010.
    The Vision calls for human and robotic explorers
    to work together on new journeys to worlds
    beyond.
  • NASA at KSC is already hard at work on preparing
    for the next generation of human spacecraft. The
    Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles will provide
    the thrust, while the Orion crew capsule will be
    the future astronauts' home in space. Both Ares
    and Orion draw on the best elements of the Apollo
    and Shuttle programs to create safe, reliable
    systems.
  • Launch your career at KSC! Be part of the future
    now!

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Future astronauts will ride to orbit on Ares I,
which uses a single five-segment solid rocket
booster, a derivative of the space shuttle's
solid rocket booster, for the first stage. A
liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen J-2X engine derived
from the J-2 engine used on Apollo's second stage
will power the crew exploration vehicle's second
stage. The Ares I can lift more than 55,000
pounds to low Earth orbit.
4
Future astronauts will ride into space in the
Orion capsule, similar in design to the
Apollo-era command module, but larger and more
versatile, and capable of carrying six occupants
-- twice as many as its predecessor. Orion will
succeed the space shuttle as NASA's primary
vehicle for human space exploration. Orion's
first flight with astronauts onboard is planned
for no later than 2014 to the International Space
Station. Its first flight to the moon is planned
for no later than 2020.
5
Ares V, a heavy lift launch vehicle, will use
five RS-68 liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines
mounted below a larger version of the space
shuttle's external tank, and two five-segment
solid propellant rocket boosters for the first
stage. The upper stage will use the same J-2X
engine as the Ares I. The Ares V can lift more
than 286,000 pounds to low Earth orbit and stands
approximately 360 feet tall. This versatile
system will be used to carry cargo and the
components into orbit needed to go to the moon
and later to Mars.
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Minimum Requirements
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen at the time
    of employment.
  • Must have achieved at least a 2.9 overall grade
    point average.
  • Completion of the sophomore year is strongly
    encouraged.
  • Students must plan to work at least 3 alternating
    work terms and graduate within a year from the
    end of the last work term.
  • Students selected must satisfactorily pass a
    security background investigation and meet
    medical requirements of the position.
  • Depending on the position the student is
    selected, they may need to satisfactorily pass a
    pre-employment drug test and would be subject to
    random testing.
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