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Saturday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

December 3, 2016 by pragobots 109 Comments

Dr. Christine Darden (born September 10, 1942) is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted her 40-year career in aerodynamics to researching sonic booms at NASA. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted into senior executive service. Darden is one of several women scientists to be featured … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

Friday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

December 2, 2016 by pragobots 300 Comments

George Robert Carruthers (born October 1, 1939) is an African-American inventor, physicist, and space scientist. He has lived most of his life in Washington, DC. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

December 1, 2016 by pragobots 220 Comments

Emmett W. Chappelle (born 25 October 1925) is a scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and Astrochemistry. From 1950 to 1955 he served as an instructor of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. From 1955 to 1959, he was a research associate at Stanford University. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

Wednesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

November 30, 2016 by pragobots 222 Comments

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (born August 26, 1918) is an African-American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician. She made fundamental contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA. Known for accuracy in computerized celestial navigation, her technical leadership work at NASA … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The scientists, mathematicians and engineers of NASA

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