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#Repost @nasa with @make_repost ・・・ 👩🏾‍🔬🚀🌟 Mary Jackson never accepted the status quo.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Today we announced that our headquarters building in Washington, DC, will be named after engineer Mary W. Jackson, who overcame barriers to become NASA’s first Black woman engineer. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jackson started her NASA career in 1951 at what is now @NASALangley in Virginia as a human computer – a mathematician who performed hand calculations for NASA missions. After two years working in the West Area Computing unit, she received an offer to work in Langley’s Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, where she conducted extensive aeronautics research and authored or co-authored over a dozen research papers. She was promoted and, in 1958, became our first Black woman engineer.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In 1979, Jackson made a final career change, leaving engineering to become the program manager for NASA Langley’s Federal Women’s Program. She would dedicate the rest of her career to the hiring and promotion of the next generation of women mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019 and was portrayed by @JanelleMonae in the Oscar-winning film #HiddenFigures.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Our Administrator @JimBridenstine noted, "We know there are many other people of color and diverse backgrounds who have contributed to our success, which is why we’re continuing the conversations started about a year ago with the agency’s Unity Campaign. NASA is dedicated to advancing diversity, and we will continue to take steps to do so.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #MaryJackson #BlackinStem #womeninSTEM #nasa https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWYCyflpGe/?igshid=1i2sjp2ps3ljb

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With the Black Lives Matter movement ongoing, NASA is taking the initiative to rename their headquarters after the first female African American engineer, Mary W. Jackson.

more-lifestyle Updated: Jun 26, 2020 16:33 IST

Mary W. Jackson, the first female African American engineer at NASA. (instagram @nasa)

With the Black Lives Matter movement that has been raging for a few weeks now, it seems the world is finally catching up in terms of acknowledging its rich African American heritage. The movement has been instrumental in bringing many African American figures into the limelight, and acknowledge their contributions to modern society.

Last year, in honour of the many contributions of all the previously marginalised people, NASA renamed the street outside their headquarters as the ‘Hidden Figures Way’. Just yesterday, Jim Bridenstine, a NASA administrator, announced that their Washington headquarters will be renamed after Mary Jackson, who overcame hurdles to become NASA’s first Black woman engineer.

In the 1940’s NASA was recruiting African American college graduates as ‘human computers’ for their first-ever attempt to venture into space. To no one’s surprise they faced racism and gender discrimination at work. In 1958, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which would later become NASA, hired their first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson.

The 2016 film ‘Hidden Figures’ sheds light on her contributions as an engineer. A few years after Mary Jackson’s death in 2005, she was awarded the ‘Congressional Golf Medal’ for her immense contribution not just to NASA but also to American history. The ‘Congressional Gold Medal’ is the highest award granted to civilians in the United States.

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👩🏾‍🔬🚀🌟 Mary Jackson never accepted the status quo.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Today we announced that our headquarters building in Washington, DC, will be named after engineer Mary W. Jackson, who overcame barriers to become NASA’s first Black woman engineer. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jackson started her NASA career in 1951 at what is now @NASALangley in Virginia as a human computer – a mathematician who performed hand calculations for NASA missions. After two years working in the West Area Computing unit, she received an offer to work in Langley’s Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, where she conducted extensive aeronautics research and authored or co-authored over a dozen research papers. She was promoted and, in 1958, became our first Black woman engineer.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In 1979, Jackson made a final career change, leaving engineering to become the program manager for NASA Langley’s Federal Women’s Program. She would dedicate the rest of her career to the hiring and promotion of the next generation of women mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019 and was portrayed by @JanelleMonae in the Oscar-winning film #HiddenFigures.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Our Administrator @JimBridenstine noted, “We know there are many other people of color and diverse backgrounds who have contributed to our success, which is why we’re continuing the conversations started about a year ago with the agency’s Unity Campaign. NASA is dedicated to advancing diversity, and we will continue to take steps to do so.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #MaryJackson #BlackinStem #womeninSTEM #nasa

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Mary Jackson was a pioneer, setting the example for hundreds of people from different walks of life to break the barriers of racism and sexism in the workplace and contribute to the betterment of society. With NASA renaming their headquarters after Mary Jackson, her daughter Carolyn Lewis commented on how she and her family are honoured that NASA is celebrating Jackson’s legacy.

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Reposted from @onepinkzebraknitter I was the recipient of the Ronald B McNair Scholarship for my sophomore year at Hampton University. In addition, I worked as a research assistant for one of my professors for some of his NASA projects. I remember visiting the Langley base and being so excited about NASA and the Space Shuttle connection, but being too naive at the time to realize the significance of me being able to BE in that situation was because of her ♥️ Reposted from @nasa 👩🏾‍🔬🚀🌟 Mary Jackson never accepted the status quo.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Today we announced that our headquarters building in Washington, DC, will be named after engineer Mary W. Jackson, who overcame barriers to become NASA’s first Black woman engineer. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Jackson started her NASA career in 1951 at what is now @NASALangley in Virginia as a human computer – a mathematician who performed hand calculations for NASA missions. After two years working in the West Area Computing unit, she received an offer to work in Langley’s Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, where she conducted extensive aeronautics research and authored or co-authored over a dozen research papers. She was promoted and, in 1958, became our first Black woman engineer.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ In 1979, Jackson made a final career change, leaving engineering to become the program manager for NASA Langley’s Federal Women’s Program. She would dedicate the rest of her career to the hiring and promotion of the next generation of women mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom in 2019 and was portrayed by @JanelleMonae in the Oscar-winning film #HiddenFigures.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Our Administrator @JimBridenstine noted, "We know there are many other people of color and diverse backgrounds who have contributed to our success, which is why we’re continuing the conversations started about a year ago with the agency’s Unity Campaign. NASA is dedicated to advancing diversity, and we will continue to take steps to do so.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #MaryJackson #BlackinStem #womeninSTEM #nasa - #regrann - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/CB12ZWuJ7h0/?igshid=qzxqpzg4c1p3

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Parceria entre Nasa e SpaceX marca nova fase dos trajes espaciais

A primeira e histórica parceria entre a Nasa e a SpaceX, além de marcar o fim do monopólio governamental da exploração do espaço, ao que tudo indica, também inaugura uma nova fase do traje espacial. Passados 59 anos desde o Programa Mercury, no qual os astronautas usavam os macacões prateados que integrariam a imaginário popular quando o assunto é viagem espacial, a roupa agora tem um aspecto muito mais minimalista e elegante. O prata foi substituído pelo branco e pelo cinza em uma reviravolta total de estilo.

Quem assina o design das peças que vestem os veteranos Doug Hurley, 53 anos, e Bob Behnken, 49 anos, é o figurinista Jose Fernandez, que trabalhou nos filmes “Batman v Superman”, “O Quarteto Fantástico”, “Os Vingadores” e “X-Men II”. Fernandez foi convidado pelo bilionário Elon Musk a desenvolver os trajes da primeira missão espacial da nave da SpaceX. Além dos atributos necessários, a roupa deveria parecer um smoking, o que conferiria, na visão do figurinista, sofisticação.

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“Enquanto as viagens espaciais eram subsidiadas pelos governos, não havia necessidade de tornar os trajes atraentes, pois a segurança dos astronautas era a única preocupação. No entanto, se as viagens espaciais se tornarem uma atividade de empresas privadas em busca de lucros, haverá o interesse natural em fazer seus astronautas parecerem atraentes”, disse ao New York Times Gary Westfahl, autor de “O Filme do Traje Espacial: uma História, 1918-1969”.

Outro fator que colaborou para a questão estética foi o fato de que os trajes foram feitos apenas para serem usados dentro das aeronaves, quando não há necessidade de mangueiras, botões nem fios pendurados. Para tornar o visual mais bonito e, ainda assim, eficiente, painéis escuros foram colocados nas laterais para afinar visualmente, costuras aerodinâmicas da clavícula ao joelho foram feitas, além de botas até a altura dos joelhos.

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Ainda assim, uma série de recursos e requisitos técnicos que melhoram a funcionalidade da peça precisaram ser desenvolvidos para fornecer pressão interna estável, mobilidade, oxigênio respirável, regulação da temperatura, sistema de comunicação com conexão elétrica externa à espaçonave e, claro, meios de coletar e conter resíduos corporais sólidos e líquidos.

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“Uma das coisas que consideramos importante no desenvolvimento do traje era que ele fosse fácil de usar. A ideia era que a tripulação apenas plugasse ao sentar e o traje trabalhasse sozinho a partir daí e, claro, fosse uma parte do sistema operacional”, explicou Chris Trigg, gerente do departamento de equipamentos e trajes da SpaceX.

Nos últimos 50 anos, o traje espacial passou por transformações para ajudá-lo a acompanhar as mudanças nos requisitos das missões. Depois do Programa Mercúrio, os pesquisadores precisaram desenvolver um traje espacial que permitisse aos astronautas sair da nave em segurança. Como resultado, os trajes Gemini adicionaram 10 camadas de isolamento e mangueiras que bombeavam o ar de resfriamento da espaçonave.

Os trajes espaciais do programa Apollo precisavam proteger os astronautas enquanto caminhavam na lua e, por isso, tinham um sistema de suporte à vida. Os astronautas podiam ir para longe porque não estavam conectados por uma mangueira. Já os famosos ternos laranjas usados no lançamento do ônibus espacial tinham aparência leve porque, assim como os usados por Behnken e Hurley, só podiam ser usados ​​dentro de uma espaçonave.

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Quando chegar o momento de a Nasa enviar pessoas para lugares que os humanos nunca foram antes, como um asteroide e Marte, os trajes espaciais precisarão, novamente, ser reconfigurados.

Parceria entre Nasa e SpaceX marca nova fase dos trajes espaciais foi publicado primeiro em: https://veja.abril.com.br/

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The weather’s getting warmer, but who needs a fan that big? @nasa_langley does! This is the ginormous fan inside Langley’s 14x22 Wind Tunnel. I was there! This tunnel tested aerodynamics for @NASA_SLS which will help @NASA achieve our #Moon2Mars goals. More info to come on this wind tunnel. . . . . . #NASA #NASASocial #humanspacecraft #nasalangley #spacefans #space #iss #instapilot #pilot #pilotlife #plane #instaviation #planeporn #boeing #airbus #jet #airliners #flying #Aviation #NASAMoon #AviationLover #sky #flywithaopa #instapilot #spacex (at NASA Langley Research Center) https://www.instagram.com/dullnathan/p/Bu-DosnFAhj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=crtd4sanyrea

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Pay Respect. #BlackLivesMatter RePosted • @goodgoodgoodco Representation matters. Yesterday @nasa announced they'd be naming their headquarters building in Washington D.C. after her, along with a bit of her story on their Instagram announcement post: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Jackson started her NASA career in 1951 at what is now @NASALangley in Virginia as a human computer — a mathematician who performed hand calculations for NASA missions. After two years working in the West Area Computing unit, she received an offer to work in Langley’s Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, where she conducted extensive aeronautics research and authored or co-authored over a dozen research papers. She was promoted and, in 1958, became our first Black woman engineer.⁣⁣⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In 1979, Jackson made a final career change, leaving engineering to become the program manager for NASA Langley’s Federal Women’s Program. She would dedicate the rest of her career to the hiring and promotion of the next generation of women mathematicians, scientists, and engineers."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In 2019, Mary posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and @janellemonae portrayed her in the Oscar-winning film, #HiddenFigures.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #BlackinSTEM #CelebrateGoodNews https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4ARh0JF1-/?igshid=1drgfl6zkr699

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Testing their drilling techniques, teams of college students gathered at @NASALangley this week for the #MarsIceChallenge to demo how their prototype drills could extract the most water possible from a simulated slice of the Red Planet. See what happened: https://youtu.be/yzz1QC2xVYw pic.twitter.com/Dkodpoxxdh

Testing their drilling techniques, teams of college students gathered at @NASALangley this week for the #MarsIceChallenge to demo how their prototype drills could extract the most water possible from a simulated slice of the Red Planet. See what happened: https://youtu.be/yzz1QC2xVYw  pic.twitter.com/Dkodpoxxdh

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