Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center. This is one of a series of photos from 1969 that shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil and that astronauts brought back from the Apo […]
Today is National Doctors’ Day! Celebrated each year on March 30, National Doctors’ Day recognizes the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities. At NASA, a number of our astronauts also have been physicians. NASA also has flight surgeons, who specialize in caring f
A Celebration of Life service was held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 for NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson at the Hampton University Convocation Center. Johnson’s life and career were the subject of the movie ‘Hidden Figures.’ Image Credit: NASA / David C. Bowman 2020年3月7日（星期六）为美国国
On March 3, 1915, Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the organization from which NASA was created in 1958. NACA research led to advances in aeronautics that helped the Allies win World War II, spawned a world-leading civil aviation manufacturing industry, propel
Credit：NASA 2月24日，NASA传奇的数学家凯瑟琳•约翰逊（Katherine Johnson）与世长辞。正如《隐藏人物》书中和电影中所述，约翰逊是一位杰出的女性科学家，与其他几位伟大的女性一同完成了NASA最早期、最久远太空飞行的重要计算工作。在2015年，约翰逊被授予了总统自由勋章，美国最高荣誉的文职勋章，由美国总统一年一度颁发，与国会金质奖章并列为美国最高的平民荣誉）。凯瑟琳•约翰逊享年101岁。 2月25日，宇航员安妮•麦克莱恩（Anne McClain）和泽娜•卡德曼（Zena Cardman）进行了一次太空行走训练，为NASA的下一代阿尔忒弥斯时代宇航员展示他们将要接受
Tracy Drain’s job is to literally “go where no one has gone before.” Drain is systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. In this cellphone image, she stands with one of her childhood inspirations … Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura. The image was taken when Nichols
On Feb. 26, 1966, AS-201, the first Saturn IB rocket, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Designed and developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the AS-201 mission was an uncrewed suborbital flight to test the Saturn IB and the Apollo Command and Service modules. The objectives of t
2020年2月24日，NASA数学家凯瑟琳·约翰逊（Katherine Johnson）去世，享年101岁，她是《隐藏人物》的原型之一，是寻求种族平等的开拓者。 凯瑟琳，1918年8月26日出生于西佛吉尼亚州白硫磺泉镇，是家里四个孩子中最小的。 她在10岁时就读于西弗吉尼亚州公立中学，这所学校位于西弗吉尼亚州立学院（现在的西弗吉尼亚州立大学）的校园内。由于在数学方面表现突出并跳级，凯瑟琳在14岁就进入西弗吉尼亚州立学院学习，大学期间学完了所有的数学课程，并在18岁时（1937年）以优异的成绩获得了数学和法语学位，之后在一所黑人公立学校任教。 1939年，凯瑟琳与第一任丈夫詹姆斯·戈布尔（Jam
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 ju
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 Tasch
