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Isolde is also Professor of Critical Studies in Tisch’s Department of Photography
Isolde is also Professor of Critical Studies in Tisch’s Department of Photography
quiet, perceptive, thoroughly decent man Armstrong left NASA in 1971 to become a professor
quiet, perceptive, thoroughly decent man Armstrong left NASA in 1971 to become a professor
Astronomers are deciphering the violent history of the Milky Way, one star at a time.
the monolithic collapse of a big cloud of gas,” says Simon Schuler, an assistant professor
Antarctica’s environment is the most extreme on our planet. Now, an aerial revolution has begun with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying in this challenging environment.
“It’s thrilling to fly drones in Antarctica,” says Joe Levy, an assistant professor
the Pacific Islands at The Baltimore Museum of Art, and prior to that, Assistant Professor
In the 1930s and ’40s aviation-themed radio programs attracted huge audiences.
, maybe you don’t have a lot of opportunities,” says Donna Halper, an associate professor
Pamela Melroy, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, is now NASA’s deputy administrator. During her career as an Air Force pilot, Melroy logged more than 6,000 flight hours, serving in both Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After NASA selected her as an astronaut candidate in 1994, she would be assigned to three space shuttle missions, and she is one of only two women to ever command a space shuttle. Melroy recently spoke about her long career in aerospace with Jennifer Levasseur, a curator in the National Air and Space Museum’s department of space history.
And the professor said to the class: “Hey, I just read this really great book about
Unusual careers in the aviation and space with behind-the-scenes jobs at the National Air and Space Museum.
extremely high right now,” says Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering professor
An interview with Dante Lauretta, NASA’s principal investigator on the OSIRIS-REx mission. In his new book, The Asteroid Hunter, Lauretta recounts the sample-return mission that brought rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu to back to Earth.
Dante Lauretta, a professor at the University of Arizona and the OSIRIS-REx principal