Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A day in the life of a NASA intern… 💫🚀
Tag along with Vivian Renkey for a peek at what it’s like being a NASA Goddard intern. Applications for NASA’s summer internships close Friday, Feb. 28th.
Vivian is working as Goddard’s social media intern in Greenbelt, Md. She combines photography, videography, graphic design, and science writing to make content for Goddard’s social media accounts (like this!).
What can you do with NASA Internships? Apply today and find out!
stemgateway.nasa.gov/public/s/explore-opportunities
Music: "Wants and Needs" from Universal Production Music
Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Lead Producer: Vivian Renkey
Technical Assistance: Katy Mersmann
This video is public domain, and supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAExplorer
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram instagram.com/nasagoddard
· Twitter twitter.com/NASAGoddard
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASA.GSFC
· Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc
Video description:
00:00: NASA Intern Vivian Renkey walks into frame.
00:03: Drone footage of Goddard’s campus.
00:07: Vivian smiling and waving inside a cut-out of an astronaut.
00:08: Drone footage of Goddard’s campus.
00:11: A giant Maryland state flag held by a crowd of football fans.
00:15: Vivian waves, standing in front of a large white building with a NASA logo.
00:17: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
00:21: A series of screenshots of Goddard’s social media accounts.
00:25: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
00:28: A dimly lit room illuminated by a neon green background light. A man films a handmade prop sitting on top of a table.
00:31: Vivian puts on her coat, grabs her NASA tote bag, and gets into her car.
00:36: Panning drone footage of residential neighborhoods, a highway, and trees.
00:38: Vivian walks up to a large brick building.
00:41: A man and a woman chatting at a table with computers in front of them.
00:43: Two women walk away from the camera through a large atrium.
00:46: Vivian’s hand opens a glass door in front of her, leading to an office.
00:50: Vivian stands between cubicles.
00:53: Vivian sits at a computer, scrolling through NASA’s website.
00:56: A glowing, pulsing blue and white ball surrounded by black advances towards the camera.
1:00: A phone screen-recording scrolls through NASA Goddard’s Instagram account, and pauses on a post about a supernova.
1:04: A slow pan shows a miniature replica of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, with NASA Goddard’s logo right behind it.
1:07: A short montage of the food options at Goddard, the worker making Vivian’s sandwich, and Vivian eating.
1:11: People look through big glass windows as a man points at the scene on the other side.
1:16: Workers in white cleanroom suits work on constructing a spacecraft.
1:19: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
1:23: A hand crosses out items on a “to-do” list.
1:24: A dimly lit room is illuminated by a neon orange background light. A man positions a video camera towards props in the center of the room.
A day in the life of a NASA intern… 💫🚀
Tag along with Vivian Renkey for a peek at what it’s like being a NASA Goddard intern. Applications for NASA’s summer internships close Friday, Feb. 28th.
Vivian is working as Goddard’s social media intern in Greenbelt, Md. She combines photography, videography, graphic design, and science writing to make content for Goddard’s social media accounts (like this!).
What can you do with NASA Internships? Apply today and find out!
stemgateway.nasa.gov/public/s/explore-opportunities
Music: "Wants and Needs" from Universal Production Music
Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Lead Producer: Vivian Renkey
Technical Assistance: Katy Mersmann
This video is public domain, and supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAExplorer
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram instagram.com/nasagoddard
· Twitter twitter.com/NASAGoddard
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASA.GSFC
· Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc
Video description:
00:00: NASA Intern Vivian Renkey walks into frame.
00:03: Drone footage of Goddard’s campus.
00:07: Vivian smiling and waving inside a cut-out of an astronaut.
00:08: Drone footage of Goddard’s campus.
00:11: A giant Maryland state flag held by a crowd of football fans.
00:15: Vivian waves, standing in front of a large white building with a NASA logo.
00:17: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
00:21: A series of screenshots of Goddard’s social media accounts.
00:25: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
00:28: A dimly lit room illuminated by a neon green background light. A man films a handmade prop sitting on top of a table.
00:31: Vivian puts on her coat, grabs her NASA tote bag, and gets into her car.
00:36: Panning drone footage of residential neighborhoods, a highway, and trees.
00:38: Vivian walks up to a large brick building.
00:41: A man and a woman chatting at a table with computers in front of them.
00:43: Two women walk away from the camera through a large atrium.
00:46: Vivian’s hand opens a glass door in front of her, leading to an office.
00:50: Vivian stands between cubicles.
00:53: Vivian sits at a computer, scrolling through NASA’s website.
00:56: A glowing, pulsing blue and white ball surrounded by black advances towards the camera.
1:00: A phone screen-recording scrolls through NASA Goddard’s Instagram account, and pauses on a post about a supernova.
1:04: A slow pan shows a miniature replica of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, with NASA Goddard’s logo right behind it.
1:07: A short montage of the food options at Goddard, the worker making Vivian’s sandwich, and Vivian eating.
1:11: People look through big glass windows as a man points at the scene on the other side.
1:16: Workers in white cleanroom suits work on constructing a spacecraft.
1:19: Vivian stands in front of space imagery.
1:23: A hand crosses out items on a “to-do” list.
1:24: A dimly lit room is illuminated by a neon orange background light. A man positions a video camera towards props in the center of the room.
