Title: If you are looking for unparalleled challenges and opportunities, NASAJohn F. Kennedy Space Center K
1NASA/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
2The 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!
3Future 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.
4Future 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.
5Ares 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.
6Minimum 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.