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Irma Aracely Quispe Neira (born 1982; known as Aracely Quispe) is a Peruvian-American senior astronautical engineer, [1] NASA scientist, academic and researcher. [2] [3] She is known as the first Latin-American woman [4] to lead three successful NASA missions in the United States: [5] [6] [7] Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), [8] the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), [9] and James ...
The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. 508 kg (1,118 lb) December 6 US: Vanguard 1A: Vanguard TV-3: Failure: The first stage engine was improperly started, causing the vehicle to fall back to the launch pad immediately after launch and explode. [1] 1.36 kg (2.99 lb) 1958 February 1 US: Explorer 1: Juno I: Success
It was the first satellite to capture colour images from space and acted significantly as a medium of communications. [ 1 ] After the success of TIROS-1 and ATS-3, NASA in conjunction with United States Geological Survey (USGS), progressed forward in Earth observation through a series of Landsat satellites launched throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
On June 18, 1983, a new era in NASA spaceflight began when Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly into space, but the groundwork for her accomplishments was laid decades beforehand in ...
True color image of the Earth from space. This image is a composite image collected over 16 days by the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite. NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019.
In “The Six: The Untold Stories of America’s First Women Astronauts,” Loren Grush recounts the pressures and challenges faced by NASA’s first class of female astronauts.
Sullivan was the first American women and the second women in history to conduct an EVA. [10] 12 November 13:25 6 hours 19:25 STS-51-A Discovery: Joseph P. Allen Dale Gardner: Allen rode the MMU to the Palapa B2 satellite and retrieved it into the payload bay. Gardner and Allen then secured the satellite in the payload bay for return to Earth ...
It was not until a few years ago that the work of Katherine Johnson and other black women was revealed to have helped America win the Space Race. New book 'Hidden Figures' reveals black women who ...