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summer has officially started at nasa's

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goddard space flight center this year

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with the orientation of nearly 300

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college interns

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it's my first internship but i'm very

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excited for it to be at nasa of all

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places

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you always dream as a little kid to be

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at nasa whether it's an astronaut or a

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research position it's really cool i'm

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really excited i was kind of nervous

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this morning i couldn't eat breakfast or

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anything before taking off with their

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mentors the interns shared some of their

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hopes for the summer

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i'm working on the data

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data analysis software for the

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upcoming mms mission

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i'm doing like interpretations for

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spanish-speaking audiences for the james

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webb space telescope i'll be working in

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the optics lab testing out telescopic

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lenses i'm just excited to get to write

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about all the different projects here

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and get to learn about all the things

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that are going on here i'm excited about

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working on thermal coatings on wires

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this summer

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before taking off with their mentors the

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interns shared some of their hopes for

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the summer

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i just hope i can

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have a good time

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learn a lot get

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good experience of being in the

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workforce through my internship this

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summer hopefully i'll gain some computer

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programming which will be really useful

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for my graduate studies in the fall a

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lot of experience a lot of connections

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and just meeting new people and learning

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new things

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just a really awesome experience i hope

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that i learn a lot and