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Meet the woman behind early @NASA_Landsat images: Dr. Valerie L. Thomas.
A self-taught programmer, she managed the development of Landsat image processing. Her work in the '70s helped show that satellite imagery could be used to support agriculture. go.nasa.gov/3EJMPgT #BHM
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Dr. Valerie L. Thomas: The Face Behind Landsat Images
r. Valerie L. Thomas was an integral part of the early Landsat digital image processing team.Yvette Smith (NASA)
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Inspiration is all around us.
Hamid Oloso, a computational scientist at @NASAGoddard, was inspired by different people along his journey from growing up in Ibadan, Nigeria to working at NASA on Earth system models.
Learn more about his story: go.nasa.gov/41ixpJY
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"If she says they're good, then I am ready to go."
Before his 1962 orbital flight, John Glenn was wary of trusting his life to a machine's trajectory calculations and asked that Katherine Johnson check them. #BHM
More on mathematician Katherine Johnson: go.nasa.gov/3Ef1sbX
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Katherine Johnson
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Melba Roy Mouton—a NASA mathematician and key figure in the Apollo era—is being honored with the naming of a mountain on the Moon’s South Pole.
Mons Mouton is the future landing site of VIPER, our rover set to explore the lunar surface for Artemis: go.nasa.gov/3xo4mHd #BHM
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Moon Mountain Name Honors NASA Mathematician Melba Mouton
Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole.Rachel Hoover (NASA)
“Through my job communicating and doing outreach, I’m making people aware of how we all can contribute to a more sustainable environment, and helping future generations meet their needs.”
Celebrate #BHM: go.nasa.gov/3E09chG
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“My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help.”
Tiffany Fairley brings the #Artemis missions to the world as a public affairs officer for @NASAKennedy. Celebrate #BHM: go.nasa.gov/3wXkG1w
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Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley
My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help." — Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA's Kennedy Space CenterThalia Patrinos (NASA)