庆祝凯瑟琳·约翰逊的一生和事业

庆祝凯瑟琳·约翰逊的一生和事业

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Katherine Johnson passed away Feb. 24, 2020, after living a life filled with trail-blazing achievements. Being handpicked to be one of three black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools is something that many people would consider one of their life’s most notable moments, but it’s just one of the breakthroughs that have marked Katherine Johnson’s long and remarkable life. Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, by thirteen, she was attending the high school on the campus of historically black West Virginia State College. At eighteen, she enrolled in the college itself, graduated with highest honors in 1937 and took a job teaching at a black public school in Virginia. In 1953, Johnson began working in the all-black West Area Computing section at the…

康妮·摩尔和谢瓦·摩尔：NASA影像的守护者

康妮·摩尔和谢瓦·摩尔：NASA影像的守护者

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Connie Moore (left) and Sheva Moore are not related but they share a passion for helping the public find just the right image or film clip for projects. With a combined 50+ years of service at NASA Headquarters, they have worked on projects big and small–from books by high-end publishers Taschen, to documentaries and feature films. Sheva Moore joined NASA Headquarters as a contractor and video librarian in 2001. Her work includes providing content to major networks, productions companies, educators and private citizens to support documentaries, features films, broadcast news and the vision of the agency. She has filled thousands of domestic and international requests because the work that NASA has done and continues to do, impacts and inspires millions of people around the world….

庆祝约翰·格伦的历史使命

庆祝约翰·格伦的历史使命

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On February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely. The pilot of this historic flight, John Glenn, became a national hero and a symbol of American ambition. NASA’s Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, or Gimbal Rig, was one of the many facilities where Glenn trained for their missions. After three years of training, Glenn rocketed into space aboard the Mercury capsule Friendship 7. He became the third American in space and the first to orbit Earth. The historical flight was no easy feat. At the end of his first orbit, a yaw attitude jet clogged, forcing Glenn to abandon the automatic control…

木星的赤道

木星的赤道

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Thick white clouds are present in this JunoCam image of Jupiter’s equatorial zone. These clouds complicate the interpretation of infrared measurements of water. At microwave frequencies, the same clouds are transparent, allowing Juno’s Microwave Radiometer to measure water deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere. The image was acquired during Juno’s flyby of the gas giant on Dec. 16, 2017. JunoCam’s raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at: https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill 在这张木星赤道区域的JunoCam图像中出现了厚厚的白云。这些云使得对水的红外线测量水变得复杂。在微波频率下，相同的云层是透明的，这使朱诺的微波辐射计能够测量木星大气深处的水。这张照片是在2017年12月16日“朱诺”号飞越木星时拍摄的。 JunoCam的原始图像可通过以下网址向公众浏览并加工成图像产品：https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing。 影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

肯尼斯·哈里斯:从实习生到工程师

肯尼斯·哈里斯:从实习生到工程师

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Kenneth Harris II, a senior engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has worked on five different satellite missions since he started working at NASA at age 16, including the Magnetic Multiscale Mission or MMS satellite and the Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) satellite, a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Kenny also worked on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) J1 and J2 missions, a joint project between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. In 2017, he led a team that successfully incorporated, the main science component, the Integrated Science Instrument Module into the James Webb Space Telescope. At age 16, he volunteered as a counselor at a NASA Goddard space camp. He then…

斯皮策拍摄的狼蛛星云

斯皮策拍摄的狼蛛星云

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This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by a different color. The magenta-colored regions are dust composed of molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are also found in ash from coal, wood and oil fires on Earth. PAHs emit in multiple wavelengths. The magenta color is a combination of red (corresponding to an infrared wavelength of 8 micrometers) and blue (3.6 micrometers). The green color in this image shows the presence of particularly hot gas emitting infrared light at a wavelength of 4.5 micrometers. The stars in the image are mostly a combination of green and blue. White hues indicate regions that radiate in all three wavelengths. The Tarantula Nebula was one…

以第一位黑人宇航员的名字命名的货运飞船即将前往空间站

以第一位黑人宇航员的名字命名的货运飞船即将前往空间站

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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen horizontal on Pad-0A for the final cargo load, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-13 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first African American astronaut, Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and is scheduled to launch at 3:43 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 14. View the Black History Month Image Gallery. Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani 2020年2月8日，星期六，在维吉尼亚州的NASA瓦勒普斯航天中心，诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司的安塔瑞斯火箭载着“天鹅座”补给飞船在Pad-0A发射台上进行最后的货物装载。格鲁曼公司与NASA签订的第13次货运补给任务，将向国际空间站及宇航员运送超过7500磅的科学和研究用品、宇航员用品和和运载工具硬件。CRS-13“天鹅座”宇宙飞船以第一位非洲裔美国宇航员小罗伯特·亨利·劳伦斯少校的名字命名，计划于美国东部时间2月14日下午3点43分发射。 查看黑人历史月图像画廊。 图片来源：NASA / Aubrey Gemignani

伯纳德·哈里斯:第一位进行太空行走的非洲裔美国人

伯纳德·哈里斯:第一位进行太空行走的非洲裔美国人

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Twenty-five years ago in Feb. 1995, astronaut Bernard Harris (right) became the first African American to perform a spacewalk. In this image, he and fellow STS-63 astronaut Michael Foale, prepare to exit space shuttle Discovery’s airlock to began their spacewalk. The pair would test new insulation to protect astronauts from the cold, but the Mission Control cut their spacewalk short after the men reported feeling very cold in their suits. Want to be an astronaut and possibly make history? We’re accepting applications March 2-31 for the next class of Artemis Generation of astronauts! For more, read Explorers Wanted: NASA to Hire More Artemis Generation Astronauts. View the Black History Month Image Gallery. Image Credit: NASA 25年前的1995年2月，宇航员伯纳德·哈里斯(右)成为第一位进行太空行走的非洲裔美国人。在这张图片中，他和同为STS-63宇航员的迈克尔·福尔准备离开发现号航天飞机的气闸，开始他们的太空行走。两名宇航员将测试新的隔热材料来保护宇航员免受寒冷的侵袭，但由于宇航员称他们穿着宇航服感到非常寒冷，任务控制中心缩短了他们的太空行走时间。 想成为一名宇航员并创造历史？我们将于3月2日至31日接受阿尔特弥斯下一代宇航员的申请! 更多信息，请阅读招募探险家:美国宇航局聘请更多的阿尔特弥斯一代宇航员。 查看黑人历史月图片画廊。 图片来源：NASA

NASA局长吉姆·布莱登斯汀讨论2021年预算

NASA局长吉姆·布莱登斯汀讨论2021年预算

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses the fiscal year 2021 budget proposal during a State of NASA address, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Said Administrator Bridenstine: “The budget proposed represents a 12 percent increase and makes this one of the strongest budgets in NASA history. The reinforced support from the President comes at a critical time as we lay the foundations for landing the first woman and the next man on the South Pole of the Moon by 2024.” Learn more: NASA Administrator Statement on Moon to Mars Initiative, FY 2021 Budget Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA局长吉姆·布莱恩斯汀于2020年2月10日星期一在密西西比州圣路易斯湾附近的美国宇航局火箭航空航天局斯坦尼斯航天中心的设施中发表国情咨文时讨论了2021财年的预算提案。 局长布莱恩斯汀说：“提议的预算增加了12％，使之成为NASA历史上最强劲的预算之一。总统的强力支持正值关键时刻，我们正在为在2024年之前将第一位女性和下一位男性登上月球南极奠定基础。” 了解更多：NASA局长关于2021财年预算月球至火星计划的声明 图片来源：NASA / Joel Kowsky