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From Tuning Antennas to Making Dresses, Engineer Puts the A in STEAM

Source: NASA 360
Published: October 7, 2020

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative. Every mission is unique. And her latest mission, apart from sewing this space-themed dress herself, is an international satellite that will orbit the Earth and monitor our rising seas, in order to better understand the impacts of climate change on our home planet.

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