Shamim Abbas
Career Profiles
Special Process Engineer
Mauro Marongiu
Career Profiles
Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
Up, Up and Away: Careers in Flight
Lessons
Students will learn about the wide variety of jobs related to the aviation industry.
Testing Aircraft Wings
Lessons
Students will explore how wing design affects lift using a testing device similar to a wind tunnel.
Making Waves with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.
Sustainable Aerospace Firsts
Backgrounders
Learn how Boeing is making aviation more sustainable.
Testing for Aviation Safety
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.
Pre-flight Testing
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.
Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings
Backgrounders
Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.
A History of How Humans Learned to Fly
Backgrounders
Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!
How Planes Fly
Backgrounders
Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.
Four Forces of Flight
Backgrounders
Learn about the four forces of flight.
Lighter Than Air Vehicles
Backgrounders
Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
Resources on Physics and Aerospace
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.