NASA Feature Highlights Engineer Jaden Caradine's Path From Military Service to Langley Internship

NASA has published a feature profiling Jaden Caradine, an aspiring engineer whose career path led him to a Pathways internship at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, according to the NASA feature.

The profile states that Caradine knew he wanted to become an engineer at age eight, but took what the feature describes as a winding road to reach that goal. According to NASA, his path included time in the military prior to his engineering studies.

Caradine went on to enroll at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he discovered the specific field of engineering that would become his focus, the feature states.

That academic path eventually led to his selection for a Pathways internship at NASA's Langley Research Center, one of the agency's field centers located in Hampton, Virginia, according to the NASA profile. The Pathways Program is a federal initiative that provides students and recent graduates with opportunities to work at government agencies, including NASA, as a route toward potential future employment.

NASA's feature frames Caradine's story as part of the agency's ongoing effort to highlight individuals who have taken varied and nontraditional routes into careers in science and engineering fields relevant to its mission.