Wanda Harding: A Journey from Stars to Students
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Join Guy Kawasaki on the Remarkable People podcast as he interviews Wanda Harding, a former NASA engineer turned 8th-grade teacher and author. Get inspired by Wanda's journey from the International Space Station program to the classroom and her impact on the world.
07:59 to 09:07 - Wanda describes what it took to develop and launch the Mars Rover.
22:58 to 24:07 - Why Wanda believes there is a creator behind everything we see in the universe.
38:50 to 39:40 - Wanda on teaching students + Teaser
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| 1:08.7 | I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people. |
| 1:13.0 | We're on a mission to make you remarkable. |
| 1:16.0 | Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Wanda Harding, |
| 1:20.6 | a former NASA engineer and rocket scientist with over 20 years of experience in the aerospace field. |
| 1:28.3 | Her knowledge stretches from the stars to the classroom. |
| 1:32.6 | She worked on the International Space Station Program and managed the launch of the Mars |
| 1:37.9 | Science Laboratory mission. |
| 1:40.1 | But her journey didn't end there. |
| 1:42.5 | Today she's using her expertise to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers |
| 1:48.1 | as an eighth grade physical science teacher at young middle school in Atlanta. |
| 1:55.3 | Wanda is also the author of a book called When I Consider God's Amazing Universe, a children's book about the connection |
| 2:03.9 | between God and the universe. Wanda holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering |
| 2:09.9 | from Hampton University and a master's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was |
| 2:16.9 | the only woman of color on the team |
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