by John Morell | Feb. 21, 2019 | Field Service, Mobile & Tech
While Brent Collins is busy with his daily routine — commuting to work in Northern Virginia, spending time with family and relaxing with friends — he’s got an eye on the news. As soon as he hears the words “hurricane,” “tornado” or “disaster... Read more
by John Morell | Dec. 11, 2018 | Field Service
Next time you’re in the mountains, take a deep breath. What you think of as clean air filling your lungs is far from it. Within a cubic meter of typical outside air are millions of particles of dust, pollen, dander, smoke and bacteria. These microscopic bits of... Read more
by John Morell | Apr. 10, 2018 | Field Service
Don’t expect your well-stamped passport to impress Mark Erney. He’s one of those people who travels so much that he uses his passport more than his driver’s license. Erney is one of the world’s premier satellite technicians, someone who’s... Read more
by John Morell | Feb. 27, 2018 | Field Service
One week every month, Don Dougherty can usually be found relaxing or tinkering on projects around his home near Ludington, Michigan. But the other three weeks you’ll usually have to catch up to him on the road, where he racks up anywhere from 40,000 to 50,000... Read more
by John Morell | Jan. 11, 2018 | Field Service
Where do old airplanes go when they’re no longer needed? To a “boneyard” in the desert, where they get stored and then stripped for parts — or reborn to fly again. When your car has coughed up its last mile, it usually ends up in a salvage yard. But... Read more
by John Morell | Oct. 24, 2017 | Mobile & Tech
From faulty toilets to full-blown electrical system outages, service doesn’t get more extreme than NASA’s work in space. And when something goes wrong, astronauts double as service techs. Many extraordinary things can go wrong for astronauts on the... Read more
by John Morell | Sep. 26, 2017 | Field Service
Whatever you do, don’t send pictures of Leslie Poulson at work to her mother. “She doesn’t like to think about it,” says the New Zealand native. “My dad, on the other hand, thinks it’s great.” Poulson is in rarefied air, literally, in her... Read more
by John Morell | Jul. 12, 2017 | Field Service
When you’re on a flight as it begins its descent to the airport, you may be thinking about who you’ll be meeting, your transportation, or the weather outside. Not Joe Hajeie. “I see it all in the back of my mind, picturing the equipment that’s... Read more
by John Morell | Apr. 12, 2017 | Mobile & Tech
If you’ve driven around some of the lonely highways of Texas and seen a woman standing on a car’s hood frantically waving her phone around, don’t be alarmed. You may have spotted Rebecca Ponton, a Texas landman. “We’re called... Read more
