#fort totten

[istandonsnowpiles]

Rain in the Metro Station

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Electric

[jeezypetes]

I’ve lived all over this big beautiful country and the most chaotic convenience store I’ve ever been in is the 7-11 at to the fort totten metro. Consistently too like the employees bring their dogs in and tie them up in the corner - I’ve seen half eaten donuts on the floor - a guy open the hot case take out a thing of chicken wings take a single bite of one wing then put it all back in the case - children climbing on the shelves - it kind of rules except they NEVER have welchs fruit gummies

[alleng66]

A transparent moment! My last gym check-in was November 11! Where did a whole month go! This was my last weigh in prior to the Thanksgiving holiday! I am scared to weigh in fearing that I put on some weight cause we ate good! 😅 #fitness #fitnessjourney #fitnessmotivation (at Onelife Fitness - Fort Totten) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_1-QprmOi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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From Campus to Cosmos: NASA Grants Boost Student, University Innovation %seFrom Campus to Cosmosp% NASA

New Post has been published on https://sunalei.org/news/from-campus-to-cosmos-nasa-grants-boost-student-university-innovation-sefrom-campus-to-cosmosp-nasa/

From Campus to Cosmos: NASA Grants Boost Student, University Innovation %seFrom Campus to Cosmosp% NASA

Human exploration on the lunar surface is no small feat. It requires technologists and innovators from all walks of life to tackle many challenges, including feet. 

From designing astronaut boots, addressing hazardous Moon dust, and researching new ways to land on Mars, NASA is funding valuable research through M-STAR (Minority University Research and Education Project’s (MUREP) Space Technology Artemis Research). The M-STAR program provides opportunities for students and faculty at Minority Serving Institutions to participate in space technology development through capacity building and research grants. With more than $11.5 million awarded since 2020, M-STAR aims to ensure NASA isn’t leaving any potential solution behind. 

Supportive boots are required for astronauts who will perform long duration Artemis missions on the Moon. With astronaut foot health in mind, students and faculty of North Dakota’s Candeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten and the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks are designing a solution for extravehicular activity Moon boots. The project, called Mapi Hapa, proposes a 3D printed device that helps astronauts achieve the range of motion that takes place in the ankle when you draw your toe back towards the shin. 

Candeska Cikana Community College is a tribal college that serves the Spirit Lake Nation, including the Dakota, Lakota, Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Yanktonai peoples.  

Nicholas Bitner, an instructor at Candeska Cikana and graduate student at the University of North Dakota, notes the unique skills that tribal students possess. “Their perspective, which is unlike that of any other student body, thrives on building with their hands and taking time to make decisions.” 

Bitner also attributes many opportunities and successes of their program to M-STAR and its partnership which exemplifies the dire importance of consistent funding. 

“Given the relationships, we have been able to expand our capabilities and our lab, but it has also given us funding. We were able to hire all our students in the engineering department as lab technicians. So, they get paid to do the research that they are a part of, and not only do they have that psychological ownership, but they also have a good paying job that looks nice on their resumes.”  

In addition to addressing astronaut foot health, M-STAR funding is helping develop solutions to combat lunar regolith, or Moon dust, which can damage landers, spacesuits, and human lungs, if inhaled. 

With M-STAR, New Mexico State University in Las Cruces developed affordable, reliable lunar regolith simulants to help test lunar surface technologies. The team also designed testing facilities that mimic environmental conditions on the Moon.   

New Mexico State has already started sharing their simulants, including with a fellow M-STAR awardee. An M-STAR project selected in 2023 from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne uses the simulants to help test their experience in smart agriculture to test applications for crop production on the Moon. 

Douglas Cortez, associate professor in civil engineering at New Mexico State, believes different perspectives are essential to maximizing solutions.  

“There are hundreds of people working at Minority Serving Institutions that are used to looking at the world in a completely different way,” said Cortez. “When they start looking at the same problem and parameters, they come up with very different solutions.” 

As we look to sustainable presence on the Moon, NASA also has its sights set on Mars and M-STAR is helping develop technologies to inform crewed Martian exploration.  

San Diego State University in California was awarded funding for research on Mars entry, descent, and landing technologies. The team aims to achieve optimal trajectory by developing onboard algorithms that guide vehicles to descent autonomously. 

The M-STAR research opportunities have been invaluable to students like Chris Davami and his teammates working to develop improved methods to land on Mars.  

“I would definitely not have been able to have these opportunities with NASA if it weren’t for M-STAR,” said Davami. “M-STAR helped pay for my education, which helped me save a lot in student loans. I probably wouldn’t be going to graduate school right now if I did not have this opportunity. This program enabled me to keep pursuing my research and continue doing what I love.” 

Following his contributions to the M-STAR-funded project, Davami was awarded a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity in 2023 on his work in autonomous end-to-end trajectory planning and guidance constrained entry and precision power decent.  

Through efforts like M-STAR, NASA aims to seed the future workforce and prepare colleges and universities to win other NASA research opportunities. When it comes to the advancement of space technology, people of different backgrounds and skillsets are needed to achieve what was once known as impossible. Not only can the diversification of ideas spark fundamental innovations in space, but it can also help students apply these technological advancements to solving problems here on Earth. 

To learn more about M-STAR visit: 

https://go.nasa.gov/442k76s

by: Gabrielle Thaw, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate 

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.22 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918. 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. 1942 – World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk. 1942 – The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress. 1944 – World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre. 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony. 1948 – The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom. 1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India. 1962 – Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, killing 112 people. 1965 – The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed. 1966 – Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising. 1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1978 – Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy. 1979 – Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him. 1984 – Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark. 1986 – The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup. 1990 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. 2000 – Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people. 2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response. 2009 – A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured. 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. 2012 – A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria. 2015 – The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured. 2022 – An earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.

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Herring NYC Fishing - FORT TOTTEN JETTY - Bayside QUEENS New York

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Woman critically injured after being stabbed on Green Line train #assault #GREENLINE #Metro #Stabbing #WMATA

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Fort Totten Station

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Woman critically injured after being stabbed on Green Line train #assault #GREENLINE #Metro #Stabbing #WMATA

[jeezypetes]

Like each time you go to fort totten theres a 50/50 chance you’re gonna see a young white couple in weird matching outfits fyi

[ericvanderburg]

US Army analyzing metal canisters found in Fort Totten Park in Washington, DC

http://securitytc.com/SmlSxv

[alanhenney]

SHOT(S) FIRED BY SECURITY GUARD --- Fort Totten Metro. Both DC police and Metro Transit PD are investigating. No injuries. #FortTottenDC #wmata https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps8JtwPE48/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sandyhookhistory]

Brigadier General Frank Fergusson Hiya, folks. We have a terribly overdue, belated #harbordefensehappybirthday to celebrate! Today, we honor Brigadier General Frank Kerby Fergusson, who was born on (Wed) February 18th, 1874, in Riddleton, Tennessee. He attended West Point, NY, graduating in 1896, entering the Artillery for his branch of service. An absolutely stellar career would follow. As the Army changed, he would ultimately be in the Coast Artillery Corps. Following routine duty throughout the US, he attended the Submarine Mine School at Fort Totten, NY, graduating in 1906. He then accomplished an amazing feat – commanding the US Army Mine Planter “Armistead,” he led her and three other mine planters from Virginia, through the Caribbean, down the coast of South American AND AROUND CAPE HORN and up into the Pacific, delivering his little fleet safe and sound at San Francisco. This was absolutely incredible, as mine planters are bath toys in comparison to ocean going vessels. He graduated from the Army War College, served in the Philippines twice, served on the Ordnance Board, deployed for World War 1, returned to train Coast Artillerymen at Fort Monroe, VA, and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1918. His later career saw him in Command at San Francisco, Fort DuPont, Delaware, then commanded the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, down to the Panama Canal, and then back here where his final command oversaw the Harbor Defenses of Eastern New York, and the 62nd Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft). He passed away on Active Duty at Fort Totten, July 18th, 1937, age 63. He was buried at West Point. However, his legacy of service does not end there. At nearby Fort Tilden, a pair of non-permanent batteries of two six inch guns had been built for WW1 in 1917. They were nominally called “Battery East” and “West.” On December 1st, 1939, “East” was renamed in honor of General Fergusson. It would remain in service until 1942. Sadly, due to its temporary construction, only an odd piece of the Battery’s gun blocks may be seen today. However, as always, General Fergusson’s legacy of service, and of the Battery that bares his name, are in safe hands here. (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpf2GIEgjCt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[epluribushangman]

Fort Totten, an unfinished Civil War fortress