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learn-no-success-fall · 17 hours
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Moon Mountain Named After Melba Roy Mouton, NASA Mathematician
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Award-winning NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Mouton is being honored with the naming of a mountain at the Moon’s South Pole. Mouton joined NASA in 1959, just a year after the space agency was established. She was the leader of a team that coded computer programs to calculate spacecraft trajectories and locations. Her contributions were instrumental to landing the first humans on the Moon.
She also led the group of "human computers," who tracked the Echo satellites. Roy and her team's computations helped produce the orbital element timetables by which millions could view the satellite from Earth as it passed overhead.
The towering lunar landmark now known as “Mons Mouton” stands at a height greater than 19,000 feet. The mountain was created over billions of years by lunar impacts. Huge craters lie around its base—some with cliff-like edges that descend into areas of permanent darkness. Mons Mouton is the future landing site of VIPER, our first robotic Moon rover. The rover will explore the Moon’s surface to help gain a better understanding of the origin of lunar water. Here are things to know:
Mons Mouton is a wide, relatively flat-topped mountain that stretches roughly 2,700 square miles
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The mountain is the highest spot at the Moon’s South Pole and can be seen from Earth with a telescope
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Our VIPER Moon rover will explore Mons Mouton over the course of its 100-day mission
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VIPER will map potential resources which will help inform future landing sites under our Artemis program
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The VIPER mission is managed by our Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The approximately 1,000-pound rover will be delivered to the Moon by a commercial vendor as part of our Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, delivering science and technology payloads to and near the Moon.
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blackexcellence · 2 years
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CONFIRMED 🎉👩🏾‍⚖️
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the 116th Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court and the FIRST Black woman to sit in the highest court.
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mimi-0007 · 8 months
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Chaka Khan
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ackee · 1 year
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birdie has a golf club thats like a broomstick :0] so she can get a…. birds eye view teehee
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cyarsk52-20 · 10 months
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der-macher · 6 months
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Da brauchst du schon eine Abkühlung!!😏
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staff · 1 year
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tumblr tuesday: GIFs galore!
Will you look at that, another week, another Tuesday. Tomorrow is literally March. How. Anyway, today, we're celebrating original GIFs of beloved Black performers and the characters they play.
@sharonhawkins:
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@quinta-brunson:
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@poeticblkgiirl:
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@dunhamsolivia:
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@moerusai:
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@tina-snow:
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@pocfiction:
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@zen-coleman:
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@lebhetyse:
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@buckleydiaz:
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@dailytvwomen:
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@cherylblossom:
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@dcminions:
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@daenerys-stormborn:
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My art for BlackExcellence365
[ ID: Side profile of a WOC from the collarbone up with a black background. She's closing her eyes, her hair tied back ever so slightly, unnoticeable if you don't understand. There are two lights coming from the left and right, illuminating her skin. From the right, the colour of the light is neon purple, or a bright magenta. From the left, it's a neon blue or cyan. END ID ]
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fairyvv · 1 year
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BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN DUMP🤎😘
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nasa · 7 months
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Guy Bluford Changed the Course of Space History
On Aug. 30, 1983, Guion Bluford, better known as Guy, became the first African American to fly to space. An accomplished jet pilot and aerospace engineer, Bluford became part of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class that included the first African American, the first Asian American, and the first women astronauts.
He and the other crew members of mission STS-8 were aboard the orbiter Challenger as it lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida; it was the first nighttime launch and landing of the Space Shuttle program. While aboard, he and the other crew members deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated a Canadian-built robot arm, conducted experiments with live cell samples, and participated in studies measuring the effects of spaceflight on humans.
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Guy Bluford chased his childhood dream of becoming an aerospace engineer, and in doing so, changed history and encouraged other Black astronauts to follow in his footsteps.
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blackexcellence · 1 year
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Art by @lehuckbadu
African Hair Threading
Hair Threading has been part of the Black hair scene for many generations. It consists of wrapping sectioned hair in thread. This method of wrapping the hair in thread strengthens the hair without excessive manipulation, which is beneficial for your strands. Not only does the style strengthen the hair, but it also promotes growth.
The style comes from Sub-Saharan African countries and grew its popularity in West Africa, particularly, South Nigeria. Learn more here
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Art by Izzakko via @blacklacerabbit
Bantu Knots and Hi-Top Fades
The Zulu people of southern Africa originated Bantu knots, a hairstyle where the hair is sectioned off, twisted, and wrapped in such a way that the hair stacks upon itself to form a spiraled knot (Source). Learn the history of Bantu Knots
The hi-top fade or flattop originated in the U.S. military around the ‘40s and ‘50s. By the mid-eighties, Black barbers began to reimagine the hairstyle, and due to its resemblance to Queen Nefertiti’s Empress headpiece, some speculated the hairstyle's origin. The hairstyle grew as a trend when worn by the like of Grace Jones, Doug E. Fresh, and Salt-N-Peppa.
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Art by LaQuecya Allen via @nappy-by-nature
Afro
As far as hairstyles go, there's nothing Blacker than the Afro. In the 1960s, after decades of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, Black folks decided to take back their hair. This newfound self-acceptance was widely known as the Black Is Beautiful movement, which sprang from the Black Power movement. The 'fro was rocked by Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, and Jesse Jackson while fighting oppression; the hairstyle quickly emerged as a symbol of Black beauty, liberation, and pride.
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Remember: tag your Black hair art with #BlackExcellence365 for a chance to be featured!
And keep your eyes out for next month's theme... 👀
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mimi-0007 · 6 months
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ackee · 1 year
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as you see from this picture, i have to talk about my ocs every day lest they escape my mind anyway and cause havoc‼️
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blastofsports · 8 months
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Gale Eugene Sayers (May 30, 1943 – September 23, 2020) was an American professional football player who was both a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). In a relatively brief but highly productive NFL career, Sayers spent seven seasons with the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though multiple injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play. He was known for his elusiveness and agility and was regarded by his peers as one of the most difficult players to tackle
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der-macher · 8 months
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Eine wunderschöne Einladung!!!😏
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