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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Science
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'Houston, we have a job:' This career at NASA voted in survey as 'coolest' in Texas
Houston, we have a ... job? A career at NASA commanding space exploration missions from the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston was recently voted as the "coolest" job in all of Texas. That's according to a study conducted by which surveyed 3,002 job seekers asking them to name the coolest positions in every state in the U.S. "The results paint a vivid picture of ambition, adventure, and some seriously cool roles," according to a statement from the company, a platform that offers a range of job search and career advancement tools, including a resume-builder. Here's what to know about the role of a flight director, selected as the "coolest" job in Texas. compared a flight director at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to "a real-life sci-fi gig." According to the career services platform, flight directors can earn $110,00 to $160,000 a year guiding spaceflight missions and communicating with astronauts on the International Space Station from the iconic mission control. "You'll manage crises like spacewalk snafus, lead simulation drills, and brief top brass," according to the company. "It's high-pressure leadership with interstellar stakes – this is the job that makes 'Houston, we have a problem' your problem to solve." NASA has certified 108 flight directors throughout its 66-year history, the U.S. space agency said in an email to the USA TODAY Network. As of 2025, 30 active flight directors are employed with the Johnson Space Center. Those who hold the job title are responsible for leading teams in mission control that support astronauts at the International Space Station – of whom there are currently seven, including three Americans. That includes communicating with astronauts during spacewalks and working with them during day-to-day science experiments and station maintenance. Flight directors also help manage crewed spaceflights during and after launch, which most often takes place from NASA's Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida. That means they'll be integral for planning upcoming human missions around and to the moon under the agency's Artemis lunar program. Mike Lammers, deputy chief flight director at Johnson Space Center, said in a statement to the USA TODAY Network that his position "feels like a cool job with a different challenge every day." 'There's something unique about your phone ringing and the caller ID saying 'outer space' when a crewmember calls us to chat about life on orbit or something we can help with,' Lammers said. Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at elagatta@ This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: What's the 'coolest' job in Texas? Survey finds it's a job at NASA
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Tim Lammers Moves From AM to PM at WTIC in Hartford
Tim Lammers WTIC - WTIC Tim Lammers has changed time slots at the Hartford, Connecticut Fox affiliate WTIC. The former morning anchor can now be seen at 5 p.m. on weekdays. Lammers missed time from the station last year after undergoing hip replacement surgery, the result of a rare degenerative bone disease called vascular necrosis or AVN. He joined the station in 2002 as a sports producer and has filled the roles of anchor, reporter, producer and videographer in the Sports Department, as well as being a news feature and health Reporter.
