Townsend And Rossi With Sas-a
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Townsend And Rossi With Sas-a
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Townsend discusses the X-ray Explorer Satellite's performance with Rossi during preflight tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Marjorie Townsend (March 12, 1930 - April 4, 2015) was an American electrical engineer, and the first woman to manage a spacecraft launch for NASA. She joined NASA in 1959 and later advanced to become the project manager of the Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS) Program. Bruno Benedetto Rossi (April 13, 1905 - November 21, 1993) was an Italian-American experimental physicist. He made major contributions to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays. The satellite shown in the picture, SAS-1, was the 42nd in NASA's Explorer series, a family of small, simple satellites sent to perform important scientific missions for minimal cost. Also known as Explorer 42 and the X-ray Explorer, it became the first American spacecraft launched by another country when an Italian space team launched it on December 12, 1970 from a mobile launch platform located in international waters off the coast of East Africa. It mapped the universe in X-ray wavelengths and discovered X-ray pulsars and evidence of black holes. NASA photograph, December 2, 1970.
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