Introduction to Engineering
Introduction to Engineering
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NASA STEM on Station for Students
NASA STEM on Station for Students
NASA Satellite Designs
NASA Satellite Designs
Lunar Satellite Project
Lunar Satellite Project
NASA's 1st Satellite into Orbit
NASA's 1st Satellite into Orbit
On Jan. 31, 1958, at 10:48 p.m. EST, Explorer 1 launched into space, hurtling into Earth's orbit in seven and a half minutes.
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This illustration depicts the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft designed to provide forecasters with crucial environmental science data to provide a better understanding of changes in the Earth's weather, oceans and climate.
Still from animation of the joint U.S. Air Force's Communications/ Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) / NASA Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamic Investigation (CINDI) mission satellite in orbit around Earth.
Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory and Partner Satellites
Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory and Partner Satellites
Scheduled to launch in 2014, the GPM Core Observatory will carry the first space-borne Ku/Ka-band Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), and a multi-channel GPM Microwave Imager (GMI).
It will be supported by a network of partner-provided satellites to provide near-real-time precipitation measurements around the globe.
DESIGN CHALLENGE:
To design and build a satellite that will orbit the moon.
It must carry a combination of cameras, gravity probes, and heat sensors to investigate the Moon’s surface.
The satellite will need to pass a 1-meter Drop Test without any parts falling off of it.
Build a Satellite
Build a Satellite
Rovers & Robots
Rovers & Robots
Margaret Hamilton in 1969, standing next to the navigation software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project .
She invented the term software engineering to describe her work.
Hamilton joined MIT, which at the time was working on the Apollo space mission. She led a team credited with developing the software for Apollo and Skylab. Hamilton's team was responsible for developing in-flight software, which included algorithms for the Apollo command module, lunar lander, and the subsequent Skylab. She worked to gain hands-on experience during a time when computer science courses were uncommon, software engineering courses did not exist, and very few women worked as engineers.
When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover completed its first Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- since landing in August 2012 on August 2104, the Curiosity team planned to celebrate reaching this longevity milestone. It was set as one of the mission's goals from the start. Another milestone was the makeup of the team, with women fulfilling 76 out of 102 operational roles. Each day of the rover working on Mars requires several dozen rover team members completing tasks on Earth.
Some of the women working on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project, which built and operates the Curiosity Mars rover, gathered for this photo in the Mars Yard used for rover testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2014/6/26/nasas-curiosity-rover-team-today-features-women/
Meet the team of Mars Rovers: click here to find out more.
Meet the team of Mars Rovers: click here to find out more.
This is an exciting and interesting video. However, watch and listen for who's missing? We'll discuss after.
Women in NASA
Women in NASA
Margaret Hamilton in 1969, standing next to the navigation software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project .
She invented the term software engineering to describe her work.
Hamilton joined MIT, which at the time was working on the Apollo space mission. She led a team credited with developing the software for Apollo and Skylab. Hamilton's team was responsible for developing in-flight software, which included algorithms for the Apollo command module, lunar lander, and the subsequent Skylab. She worked to gain hands-on experience during a time when computer science courses were uncommon, software engineering courses did not exist, and very few women worked as engineers.
Women who began their careers in NASA Langley's computer pool.
From left: Christine Darden, Katherine Johnson,
Janet Stephens, Katherine Smith and Sharon Stack.
Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman
THE HUMAN COMPUTER PROJECT is a "virtual museum" dedicated to the work of the female mathematicians who helped America's aeronautics and space programs. Our goal is to document all of the women who engaged in this important work, but we also need your help! We're looking for details on the lives of individual women, and any photos, research reports and other artifacts that document their work.
Melba Roy Mouton was an African-American woman who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Goddard's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers".
Roy's computations helped produce the orbital element timetables by which millions could view the satellite from Earth as it passed overhead. Source: NASA (NASA Photo)
Kahoot! Simple Machines Game Show Quiz
Kahoot! Simple Machines Game Show Quiz
Dig Deeper and Learn More About Our Hidden History:
Dig Deeper and Learn More About Our Hidden History:
NASA Human Computing Page. Background information on Human Computing at NASA, and profiles of some of the women who turned the job into a career.
“When the Computer Wore a Skirt:" Langley’s Human Computers 1935-1970
NASA Racial Relations Page. History of NASA's black employees, from the days of Jim Crow to the moon landing.
The Changing Role of Race at NASA Langley
Human Computers: The Women in Aeronautical Research. Beverly Golemba's well-researched manuscript presents oral histories from thirteen former Langley mathematicians, including three black women.
Negro Women War Workers. This 1945 government publication shows the breadth of black women's contributions to the World War II war effort.
Explore NASA Advancements
Explore NASA Advancements
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