There are over 6,000 women working in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The number of women at the management level has also increased by 59 percent in the past decade. But even with the large number of women working for NASA today, there still seems to be a disconnect between the needs of […]
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a United States federal agency in the direction of science and technology in air and space. With the Soviet satellite Sputnik launch in 1957, the Space Age began. NASA was founded in 1958 and was established to supervise space exploration and aeronautics studies in the United States.
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NASA started recruiting women and minorities for their space program in the 1960s. By the end of the decade, they had already employed thousands of women. But did you know who the longest-serving female employee is? Susan G. Finley has been with NASA since January 1958. She has been an engineer and programmer for space
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Rumor has it that the United States government spent billions of dollars just to develop a pen that could write in space, while the Russians just used a pencil. But what is the idea behind the space pen, and why is it so special? NASA astronauts use a “space pen.” It can write under extreme
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It takes billions of dollars and significant effort before a spacecraft can be launched into space. Checks, double checks, and triple checks are often done to ensure a successful launch and trip into outer space. Errors are inevitable, but did you know that a straightforward miscalculation cost NASA $193 million? In 1999, NASA lost the
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is in charge of the United States’ science and technology division that deals with aircraft and space. The organization has been home to several influential men and women like Carl Sagan, but have you heard of James Webb and his contributions to the program? James Webb ran NASA
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Although he was most known for a NASA photograph depicting him soaring unrestrained in space, Bruce McCandless has partaken in various space missions other than that. Receiving many awards, such as the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, McCandless served his country in many ways, even representing humankind in space. Using the Manned Maneuvering Unit, Astronaut Bruce
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According to mainstream space movies, spacecraft pilots struggle greatly in maneuvering their craft due to the condensed asteroids blocking their path within the asteroid belt. But are these asteroid belt depictions really accurate? As the average distance between asteroids in the asteroid belt is measured to be nearly a million kilometers, collisions are unlikely to
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Venus is known as the hottest planet in our solar system. It is also Earth’s twin because of its similarity in size. But despite the similarities they share, the two planets are y different. One distinct difference seen in Venus when compared to Earth is its strange passing of time. Due to Venus spinning at
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There have been lots of fun words that we commonly use from the Yiddish vocabulary. Words like: schmooze, maven, klutz, and yes the word glitch. But who is responsible for popularizing it’s use in modern language. The word “glitch” has been popularized by the famous astronaut John Glenn. In the book by the Mercury Seven,
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