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NASA has redesignated its Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia, as the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility, in honor of the West Virginia native and NASA “hidden figure.”
“I am thrilled we are honoring Katherine Johnson in this way as she is a true American icon who overcame incredible obstacles and inspired so many,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “It’s a fitting tribute to name the facility that carries on her legacy of mission-critical computations in her honor.”
— Read on www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-renames-facility-in-honor-of-hidden-figure-katherine-johnson
I can’t wait until tomorrow to see the high resolution images!
“I don’t know about you, but I’m really liking 2019 so far,” the mission’s principal investigator, Alan Stern, joked at a press briefing after the signal was acquired.
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The Science Continues
Starlord plugging @NewHorizons2015!#UltimaThule #UltimaFlyby @NASANewHorizons pic.twitter.com/dDteoTTlS5
— James Tuttle Keane (@jtuttlekeane) December 28, 2018
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Voyager 2 Has Left Our Solar System
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. Now slightly more than 11 billion miles (18 bil. km) from Earth, @NASAVoyager 2 has now left the Sun's protective bubble & is flying in interstellar space: https://t.co/zRnhiaJqGS #AGU18 pic.twitter.com/Zzncki4GKB
— NASA (@NASA) December 10, 2018
The @NASAVoyager 2 probe no longer feels the solar wind & is flying through the interstellar space between the stars. It carries a working instrument providing 1st-of-its-kind observations of the nature of this gateway. Here's a look by the numbers: https://t.co/DuNBYPaXQj #AGU18 pic.twitter.com/GJGIgDpSHD
— NASA (@NASA) December 10, 2018