Four days before Russia’s successful test of its anti-satellite missile, on Monday, Georgia Tech announced a partnership with the U.S. Space Force to collaborate on aerospace research.
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Living tribute to Black female astronaut, a personal journey that led to its creation
A living tribute to Stephanie Wilson, the pioneering Black astronaut who may walk on the moon in 2024, is to be officially unveiled Monday by earthworks artist Stan Herd, who in January created the image of John Lewis along Freedom Parkway.
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Tom Cruise could be filming on Space Station before rockets launch from Camden County
Tom Cruise might be filming a movie on the Space Station before the first rocket is launched from a proposed spaceport in Camden County, north of Jacksonville.
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Pursuing Resiliency on a Regional Scale
By George Dusenbury, Trust for Public Land A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the release of the City of Atlanta’s Resiliency Strategy. The City is to be congratulated for being named one of the world’s 100 Resilient Cities, and for having Otis Rolley of the Rockefeller Foundation calling Atlanta’s Resiliency […]
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Working To Keep Solar Flares From Affecting Earth: Georgia State Opens South Pole Solar Observatory
Stuart Jefferies, professor of astronomy, sits next to a new instrument at the South Pole Solar Observatory used to measure the sun’s activity. Weather isn’t confined to the clouds of Earth. What goes on with our erupting sun – unleashing plasma, magnetic disruptions and radiation – is part of what’s called space weather. And just […]
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Georgia Tech PhD candidate took the lead in announcing discovery of water on Mars
A Georgia Tech student was at the center of a presentation Monday at which NASA confirmed evidence that water flows on modern day Mars.
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Georgia Tech student at center of international intrigue over whether NASA has found evidence of water on Mars
The presence of a Georgia Tech student on a NASA panel on Monday is fueling international speculation that NASA may announce it has discovered evidence of water on Mars. NASA did confirm that water flows on today’s Mars and the student was quoted at length in NASA’s statement.
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Astronaut’s visit, kids’ space dreams boost Fernbank and NASA
Midway through last week’s brutality and mayhem, 200 people got a radically different global perspective when astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson showed up at the Fernbank Science Center in northeast Atlanta. NASA has a mission to reach far into the universe; Fernbank’s is to spark the imaginations of children and instill a passion for science. Both are trying to preserve their missions for future generations amid an ever-present threat of budget cuts, and an Evening with an Astronaut night was their combined effort.
Dyson described peering out of the cupola of the International Space Station to the blue-marble Earth and her eyes filling with tears. But tears don’t fall in space. Hers stuck to her eyeballs. Through that film, her view of our planet and its people deepened, to greater care and hope.
