NASA
Katherine Johnson
RIP: 1918 – 2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8wBJ71zJ34
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Fresh on Fridays: Atlantis Again
Words, Music and Videos on Wednesdays: Ultima Thule
Happy New Year!
The One that Launched the Shuttle Program
Monday Morning Inspiration: Parker Solar Probe
I Heart Pluto
Hello from Pluto
Video courtesy: NPR
Happy Wednesday!
Flying Saucer
Monday’s Inspiration
NASA tests “flying saucer” above Hawaii with partial success, that could hold the key for future manned mission to Mars.
Courtesy: NASA
Links:
Oh, Chute! NASA’s Flying Saucer ends with Only Partial Success
Atlantis: Final Flight
End of an Era
Tomorrow marks the end of an era: the final flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the 135th and last mission of the NASA space shuttle program.
A lot of us grew up with the space shuttle program, yearning and dreaming to reach the stars. The space shuttle and the space science programs inspired many a student to pursue higher education in aeronautical and aerospace sciences. There was the HABET (high altitude balloon experiments in technology) program at Iowa State University in the Space Systems and Controls Lab or the CUBESAT program at CalPoly: an innovative program wholly run by students to design, construct, test, launch, and operate miniature satellites for space research. It was a time of great inspiration. I still remember all those years of getting the applications for the astronaut program that never made it to NASA.
