Victoria Garcia: Aerospace Engineer

4 minutes

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NASA aerospace engineer Victoria Garcia describes how she uses virtual-reality tools to design living and work spaces for astronauts. She also talks about not allowing deafness to be a barrier in her life. Part of the "Design Squad Nation" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 4 minutes

Topic: Careers, Deaf Life, Science
Subtopic: Deaf - General, Occupations, Space Sciences
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2013
Producer/Distributor: PBS Learning Media
Series: Design Squad Nation

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Robot with logos for NASA and GM. Caption: that we developed to assist astronauts in space

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