#christine darden

[forever70s]

Christine Darden, mathematician and NASA aeronautical engineer (1975)

[science70]

Aeronautical engineer Christine Darden, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1976.

[spacenutspod]

Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: 19th September 2024 Welcome to Astronomy Daily, your go-to Podcast for the latest and most exciting developments in space and Astronomy. I'm your host, Anna, and I'm thrilled to bring you another episode packed with cosmic wonders and scientific breakthroughs. Today, we've got a stellar lineup of stories that will take us from the farthest reaches of the universe to our own cosmic backyard. We'll explore record-setting jets from a distant black hole, witness a dramatic rocket launch abort, celebrate the hidden figures of NASA's past, ponder the possibility of ancient Earth sporting Saturn-like rings, and even discuss the potential for space lasers in planetary defense. So buckle up and prepare for liftoff as we embark on this cosmic journey together. Highlights: - Record-Setting Black Hole Jets: In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected the largest known jets of energy shooting from a supermassive black hole. These colossal beams extend an astonishing 23 million light years from end to end, dwarfing our entire Milky Way galaxy. The black hole responsible for this cosmic spectacle is located in a galaxy about 7.5 billion light years from Earth. These jets, nicknamed Porphyrion, are made up of subatomic particles and magnetic fields, all moving at nearly the speed of light. This discovery provides valuable insights into how black holes influence their surroundings on a truly enormous scale. - Rocket Lab Launch Abort: Rocket Lab experienced a last-second abort during their latest mission attempt. The company's Electron Rocket was poised to lift off from New Zealand carrying five Internet of Things satellites for the French company Kinéis. However, as the countdown reached zero and the first stage engines ignited, they immediately shut down, resulting in a launch abort. Rocket Lab's team is now assessing options for the next launch attempt within their 14-day launch window. - Honoring NASA's Hidden Figures: In a moving ceremony at the US Capitol, four trailblazing women of NASA were honored with Congressional Gold Medals for their groundbreaking contributions to space exploration. Kathryn Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, the hidden figures behind America's space race success, were finally given their well-deserved recognition. This ceremony not only celebrated these four women but also acknowledged the countless others who worked behind the scenes at NASA performing critical calculations before the advent of electronic computers. - Ancient Earth with Rings: A new study suggests that our planet may have once sported a ring system similar to Saturn's about 466 million years ago. Researchers believe that Earth may have captured and destroyed a passing asteroid, creating a debris ring that lasted for tens of millions of years. This ring could have had a major impact on Earth's climate, potentially contributing to the Hernantean Ice Age, the coldest period Earth has experienced in the past 500 million years. - Space Lasers for Planetary Defense: A recent study has explored the idea of deploying laser arrays in space for deflecting potentially hazardous asteroids. The concept, known as Directed Energy Systems for Targeting of Asteroids and Exploration (DE-STAR), involves creating a modular array of lasers powered by solar cells. These space-based lasers could heat the surface of incoming asteroids to about 3000 Kelvin, hot enough to alter their course. While no one is building a DE-STAR array just yet, it's crucial to start thinking about the implications and potential uses of such technology. For more space news, be sure to visit our website at astronomydaily.io. There you can sign up for our free Daily newsletter and explore our constantly updating news feed. Don't forget to check out all our previous episodes on the website as well. And if you want even more Astronomy Daily content, find us on social media. Just search for #AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, YouTubeMusic, and TikTok. Thanks for listening, and remember to keep looking up. Sponsor Links: NordVPN NordPass Malwarebytes Proton Mail Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-the-podcast--5648921/support.

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Rules Free Radio Nov 19 2024

Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm  EST Rules Free Radio With Steve  Caplan bombshellradio.com On this next Rules Free Radio Encore Flashback November 2022 with Steve Caplan, we'll hear new music by Boston’s Jay All and The Archcriminals, Heather Trost, Rayland Baxter, Quinn Christopherson, The Lone Bellow, a brand new single from Sunbirds. Also Fitz and The Tantrums, Jeb Loy Nichols, Gun, and a few more. Classics from Willie Nile, The Grateful Dead, Psychedelic Furs, Chuck Berry, Hubert Sumlin, Mercy Dee Walton, The Pretty Things-Yardbirds Blues Band, The Jasmine Minks, The Kennedys, The Mastersons, The Ramone, Lynne Arriale Trio, and Bryan Ferry. A listener request for Crack The Sky, plus a bunch more.  Chuck Berry - Beautiful Delilah Hubert Sumlin (w/James Cotton, Little Mike & The Hurricanes) - Bring Your Love To Me Mud Morganfield - Short Dressed Woman Mercy Dee Walton - Romp and Stomp Blues The Pretty Things-Yardbird Blues Band- Long Tall Shorty Joe Beard (w/ Duke Robillard and Friends - Give Up And Let Me Go Billy Branch & Hubert Sumlin - Take You Down Town John Primer - My Sugar Mama Willie Nile - Vagabond Moon The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink The Ramones - She's A Sensation Jay Allen and the Archcriminals - Be Mine Tonight Mike Wilhelm & The Frisco Jammers - Chimes of freedom Gun - Backstreet Brothers Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 Suburban Key Party - Funhouse Crack The Sky - She's A Dancer Heather Trost - Despoina Aoife Nessa Frances - Geranium Rayland Baxter - Graffiti Street Quinn Christopherson - Uptown Bryan Ferry - Day For Night Sunbirds - Every Road The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band Darden Smith & Boo Hewerdine - Out Of This World The Lone Bellow - Unicorn The Mastersons - Eyes Open Wide The Flamin Groovies - it won't be wrong The Jasmine Minks - don't wait too long The Kennedys - Perfect Love Fitz and the Tantrums - Steppin’ On Me The Christine Spero Group - Blackpatch Steely Dan - FM (No Static At All) Bill Frisell - Claude Utley Hermanos Gutiérrez - Los Chicos Tristes Jeb Loy Nichols - Big Troubles Come In Through A Small Door Michael Franks - Living On The Inside Lynne Arriale Trio -  Hope John Martyn - Head and Heart Ray Wilson - Alone Mark Knopfler - A Place Where We Used To Live Read the full article

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Honoring Hidden Figures

Joylette Hylick, left, and Katherine Moore, right, accept the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their mother, Katherine Johnson, during a Sept. 18, 2024, ceremony recognizing NASA’s Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary W. Jackson were awarded Congressional Gold Medals in recognition of their service to the United States. A […] Continue reading…

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Honoring Hidden Figures

Joylette Hylick, left, and Katherine Moore, right, accept the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their mother, Katherine Johnson, during a Sept. 18, 2024, ceremony recognizing NASA’s Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary W. Jackson were awarded Congressional Gold Medals in recognition of their service to the United States. A […] from NASA https://ift.tt/Zv3yuCh

[allthenewzworld]

A group of Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers whose groundbreaking work for NASA during the space race contributed to the nation's historic achievements were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.

The honorees, recognized with the nation's highest civilian honor, include three women who became known as NASA's "Hidden Figures" - the agency's first black female engineer Mary Jackson and mathematicians Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan whose work helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth.

The Congressional Gold Medal was also awarded Wednesday to aeronautical engineer Christine Darden, who is "internationally known for her research into supersonic aircraft noise, especially sonic boom reduction," according to NASA.

The legacy and story of Jackson, Johnson and Vaughan was famously captured in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."

Read more at the link in bio.

#allthenews

[lboogie1906]

Dr. Christine Darden (September 10, 1942, as Christine Mann) is a mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. She had an MS in Mathematics and had been teaching at Virginia State University before starting to work at the Langley Research Center. She earned a Ph.D. in Engineering at George Washington University and has published numerous articles in her field. She was the first African American woman at NASA’s Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service.

She was born to schoolteacher Desma L. Cheney and insurance agent Noah Horace Mann Sr. in Monroe, North Carolina.

She graduated as the class valedictorian, receiving a scholarship to attend Hampton University. She participated in some of the early protests of the Civil Rights Movement. She participated in several student sit-ins. She graduated from Hampton with a BS in Mathematics. She earned a teaching certification and taught high school mathematics.

She married Walter L. Darden Jr. (1963), a middle-school science teacher. She was hired by NASA as a data analyst at Langley Research Center. She started in the “computer pool”, performing calculations as a computer for engineers. She began automating the process by writing computer programs.

She was appointed as leader of the Sonic Boom Team, a subsidiary of the High-Speed Research Program. She worked on designs to decrease the negative effects of sonic booms, such as noise pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer. Her team tested new wing and nose designs for supersonic aircraft. She designed a computer program to simulate sonic booms.

She wrote more than 50 articles in the general field of aeronautical design, specializing in supersonic flow and flap design, as well as the prediction and minimization of sonic booms. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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DR. CHRISTINE DARDEN // MATHEMATICIAN

“She is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. She had an M.S. in mathematics and had been teaching at Virginia State University before starting to work at the Langley Research Center in 1967. She earned a Ph.D. in engineering at George Washington University in 1983 and has published numerous articles in her field. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service.”

[themkr]

NASA Mathematicians, June 2019, Digital Illustration

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden: mathematicians for NASA, heroes for all.

[dr-archeville]

(I thought I’d posted about this some time ago, but apparently not?!)

So tomorrow, Saturday September 22nd, from 2:00-3:00pm, Dr. Christine M. Darden -- “who was chronicled in Hidden Figures as “standing on the shoulders” of the three central women featured in the book” -- will be at the Person County Public Library (319 S Main St., Roxboro, NC) to “share how she catapulted from high school math teacher to a 40-year career with NASA as an internationally known leader in sonic-boom minimization research,“ and discuss the importance of STEM in education.

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[science70]

Aerospace engineer Christine Darden in the control room of NASA Langley's Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, Hampton, Virginia, 1975.

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2 min read Join NASA to Celebrate Worm Design, Influence with Original Designer Dr. Christine Mann Darden holding a model of Mach II in the Unitary Tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center on Aug. 18, 1990. Darden is pictured in a lab coat with a NASA ‘worm’ logotype patch across her back. NASA / Carol Petrachenko Chapman Media are invited to hear a discussion on the design and cultural significance of the worm logotype with NASA and its creator Richard Danne at 11:30 a.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 6, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. The logotype, a simple, red unique type style of the word NASA, replaced the agency’s official logo (meatball) for several decades beginning in the 1970s before it was retired. The worm has since been revived for limited use. The event will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and on the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms. Following opening remarks by Marc Etkind, associate administrator for NASA’s Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters, Danne and David Rager, creative art director at NASA, will provide remarks followed by a panel discussion with Danne and others including: Bert Ulrich, entertainment and branding liaison, NASA Headquarters Michael Beirut, designer, Pentagram Shelly Tan, design reporter, The Washington Post (moderator) Julia Heiser, head of live event merchandise, Amazon Music NASA experts and Danne are available for on-site interviews, as well as remote interviews after the event. Media interested in participating in person must RSVP to the NASA Headquarters newsroom by 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, at hq-media@mail.nasa.gov. NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. The televised event will take place in the agency’s Webb Auditorium in the West Lobby inside NASA Headquarters located at 300 E St. SW in Washington. Learn more about NASA’s missions at: https://www.nasa.gov -end- News Media Contacts: Claire O’Shea / Melissa HowellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600claire.a.oshea@nasa.gov / melissa.e.howell@nasa.gov Read More Share Details Last Updated Oct 27, 2023 Location NASA Headquarters Related Terms NASA History Explore More 5 min read 25 Years Ago: Launch of Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstration Spacecraft Article 3 days ago 7 min read 30 Years Ago: The STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences-2 Mission Article 1 week ago 11 min read 55 Years Ago: Nine Months Before the Moon Landing Article 1 week ago Keep Exploring Discover Related Topics Missions Humans in Space Climate Change Solar System

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This was my door for Black history month ❤️💚🖤, then I changed the book titles for Women’s History month 💖💜.

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A group of U.S. senators are recognizing the African American women who contributed to the space race in the 1960s.

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chris Croons of Delaware, Kamala Harris of California and 44 of their colleagues introduced a bipartisan bill to award Congressional Gold medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden and posthumously award Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson whose lives and careers were featured in the book and movie "Hidden Figures".