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What better way to mark the 250th anniversary of a nation founded on lofty ideals now plunged into ugly discrepancies than to double down on hate-and-fear-mongering? Cue a Racist-In-Chief who stays silent when 400 masked Nazis march in D.C. but goes online to assail graduating kindergarteners in Minnesota for wearingContinue Reading

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 17th Transporter rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Photo credit: SpaceX The R5-S9 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 9) CubeSat, developed by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, lifted off at 12:12 a.m.Continue Reading

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1 min read Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2025 Awards Back to ECF Home Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry Damiano Baccarella University of Tennessee, Knoxville Application of Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization Diagnostics to the Characterization of Arcjet Flows​ Ciprian Dumitrache Colorado State University Ultrafast Laser DiagnosticsContinue Reading

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NASA’s Calibration Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Pathfinder, or CLARREO Pathfinder mission, reached a significant milestone this summer by achieving first light. First light showcases a mission’s ability to successfully power on and capture data, in this case detailed spectral data, validating years of preparation and pre-launch testing. This momentContinue Reading