When Rockets Come Apart || Christina Koch
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Last published Fri, Jul 17, 2026
The first rocket Helena Moore ever saw in person did not launch.
It exploded.
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When Helena Moore was nine years old she decided she wanted to be an engineer and built a rocket.
Now almost twenty years later she works at NASA as an aerospace engineer.
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