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NASA Astronaut to Deliver Presentation at Southern Arkansas University
The Department of Engineering and Physics at Southern Arkansas University invites all to a public presentation by the renowned NASA astronaut, Lt. Col. Duane “Digger” Carey, in the Engineering Building atrium at 5PM February 13, 2018.
In 1996, Carey was invited by NASA to join the Astronaut Corps as a space shuttle pilot. His most noteworthy contribution was a servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. Carey and his crew successfully upgraded the telescope, leaving it with a new power unit, a new camera and new solar arrays, during which Carey orbited the Earth 165 times and covered 3.9 million miles in 11 days. The telescope is known to be “one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built.” About 4,000 astronomers from all over the world have used the telescope to probe the universe and make profound observations. It has also captured amazing photographs of deep space.
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