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How to Get a Job at SpaceX: A Practical Guide to Breaking In
If you have ever watched a Falcon 9 booster land itself on a drone ship and thought, “I want to be part of that,” you
June 28, 2026
If you have ever watched a Falcon 9 booster land itself on a drone ship and thought, “I want to be part of that,” you
If you have ever watched a rocket climb off the pad and thought, “I want to build that,” you already share something with every aerospace
If you’re a female or gender-minority undergraduate who’s ever thought about working in aerospace, there is one program you need to know about before anything else. It’s called the Brooke Owens Fellowship — and it might be the single best career accelerator in the space industry for early-career women.
Here’s the thing nobody tells you about the space industry: most people who work in it didn’t start there. They came from tech, aviation, the military, manufacturing, and even academia — and they made the transition by being intentional about it.