Aprille Ericsson has held numerous positions during her near-30-year career with NASA. NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit said he thought the agency has “a very good shot” to get this budget through Congress despite Democratic concerns around the program. Even as the United States’ economy has shrunk the budget of the agency, it has not let this challenge to get in the way of progress. Let’s just reiterate: Only 5 percent of the engineers in the United States are Black, whereas Black people make up about 12 percent of the total population. United States Patent Office. The final release for Mac 68K was Office 4.2.1, which updated Word to version 6.0.1, somewhat improving performance. Users then get the ability to arrange that data in whatever reporting front end fits their needs: Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, or Excel 2007. Install the Cube Building Service and your users will be able to access Microsoft SQL Analysis Services to build OLAP-style views for deep drill-down on Project data. Participants need only a computer and internet access to contribute, since the data is viewed using a browser-embedded visualization tool that comes with a quick, optional tutorial. F&M faculty have access to a robust set of resources related to teaching, scholarship, and service.

Artemis III, set to launch in 2025, will see humans once again on the surface of the moon. Therefore, it’s not surprising to see the proliferation of devices that rely on the sun. Nevertheless, at the current eccentricity of 0.017 in perihelion, Earth is five million kilometers closer to the sun than in aphelion. Humans aboard such missions would face not only psychological and physiological challenges but also the limitations of current technology. Part of that role is running the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) campaign to test autonomous drone technology. The test flights only had two members each, the commander and pilot, who were both qualified pilots that could fly and land the orbiter. During the exploration, the two astronauts were to gather samples of lunar-surface materials for return to Earth. In reality, though, the stats aren’t quite there yet: The record is two weeks (really!) without landing, set by QinetiQ’s unmanned “Zephyr.” For manned aircraft, however, the record is 26 hours, 10 minutes and 19 seconds, held by the Swiss aircraft Solar Impulse.

There are no easy wizards here. But with its $17 billion (£10 billion) annual budget, it has also done quite a bit of research and development in other areas, and even its space gear managed to influence so many other things down here on earth. Visits and holidays to DC tend to centre on the Smithsonian Air and Space museum and the Goddard space flight centre and research facility. Even President Obama thought she was important enough to put her on a board to review and plan future space missions. Weather forecasting will benefit, too: With information constantly collected across greater North America, agencies will be able to more accurately infer future conditions, particularly in places where data currently exists for only a certain time of day. The four spacecraft have 15 instruments among them, and because they all point at the same place and time on Earth, their data are easier to compare. “The bounty of carbon-rich material and the abundant presence of water-bearing clay minerals are just the tip of the cosmic iceberg. The answers are edited and condensed. Jan. 11, 2006. (Sept.

Monday through Friday after Sept. Burns joined Xerox fresh out of Columbia University, where she received her master’s degree in mechanical engineering. But you might be thinking that solar yard lights aren’t all that exciting (although, the science behind them can be) and maybe you’re wondering what else there is out there. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering from MIT. It’s that the lubrication device became so important to the machinery industry that, as lore has it, inspectors would ask those running the equipment if they were using “the real McCoy.” Yup, Elijah McCoy’s engineering is so famous that his name is synonymous with the genuine article. Or invented a lubrication device that allowed machines in motion to remain oiled. Since neither would be possible in the cramped, low-power environment of a space capsule, NASA instead invented a device that would kill bacteria by shooting the water full of negatively charged silver atoms. He went on to become the first Black engineer for the city and county of San Francisco, where he addressed water engineering issues, and the first recorded Black member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (that’s three “firsts” if you’re counting).