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The August trade balance and the Fed’s September assessment described different measures of the economy.
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Kristie Foster became a NASA civil servant in June 2026 after supporting the agency as a contractor since 2008. In its September 28 account, NASA describes the Stennis quality engineer’s hire as securing institutional knowledge under its workforce directive to restore core competencies. For Foster, the move also fulfilled a personal ambition: following her father into NASA service.
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NASA's updated Community College Aerospace Scholars challenge gives U.S. community college students a way to connect their studies with agency jobs through virtual expert sessions and a spring career fair. In its September 2, 2026 report, NASA also traces two earlier participants' moves into engineering and strategic communications—individual career paths that preceded the relaunch.
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Jeret Howard has moved from contractor to NASA civil servant at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. NASA’s August 26 account describes a change in responsibilities built on more than 15 years as a contract mechanical technician: he now secures hardware for propulsion testing while continuing to work alongside new technicians.
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NASA’s preparations for longer stays on the Moon bring practical hazards for the astronauts expected to live and work there. In its August 11, 2026 account of a Houston presentation, the agency described how lunar dust could harm crews and their equipment, while rugged South Pole terrain could interrupt a direct communications path to Earth.
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At Johnson Space Center, interns are contributing beyond traditional engineering roles: Macie Landon creates outreach media for the Moon Base Program, while John Graham Reynolds’s AI system helped Orion engineers access and summarize internal documentation during Artemis II.
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NASA has sworn Ray Williams, a 28-year veteran of Stennis Space Center’s E-Complex, in as a civil servant—keeping facility-specific knowledge in-house as his team supports propulsion testing.