Tag: NASA
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Via KUOW.org: Northwest Indian College Student Takes A NASA Thrill Ride
An excerpt: Chris Cultee will have a close-up view when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flies past Pluto on Tuesday. Cultee, who attends the Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham, is an intern at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center this summer. He tweeted Monday about his experiences at @NASASunEarth with the hash…
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Via IndianCountryToday.com: From Space to Indigenous Ancestral Engineering: Commander John Herrington Charts New Territory
An excerpt: When NASA sent Commander John Herrington (Chickasaw Nation) to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Endeavour in 2002, space not only got the first enrolled Native American, but also its first Native American flute payload. “I played ‘Amazing Grace’ on board the ISS while my crewmate, Don Pettit, used a vacuum…
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ICT – Native History: Astronaut John B. Herrington, Chickasaw, Becomes First American Indian in Space
Here. Liftoff on November 23, 2002, set in motion a lot more than space shuttle Endeavour for NASA astronaut John Herrington, Chickasaw. After retiring from NASA, he embarked on a bicycle ride called Rocket Trek across Turtle Island to get Native students engaged with science and math—and discovered two life passions. . . . “I’m…