Voyager engineers helped fuel NASA probes with plutonium
The 235F Building at SRP housed actinide work turning plutonium into fuel for NASA units. Notre Dame graduate Dillon, who joined SRP in 1953, recalls pride in his role and the broader Voyager mission. NASA notes Voyager 1 and 2 may operate until about 2020 before power fades.
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NASA
Dillon
Notre Dame
SRP
DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Florida
SRS
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Spacecraft Contour search continues after failed Mars mission
Officials confirm objects sighted near Contour may be debris but have not proven they come from the spacecraft. The team uses Arecibo and Goldstone radar and NASA DSN antennas to locate signals while Contour remains lost after launch failure and no contact for 96 hours.
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Spacewatch Project
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Earth
Farquhar
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico
Goldstone
California
NASA
Deep Space Network
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Contour
JPL
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Johns Hopkins
Cornell University
Farsquhar
Aiken Farmers Market Has Deep Family Roots and Pride
Market volunteer Rosamond McDuffie recalls a joyous scene as families powered a market born in the 1930s. Colleen Reed notes early crops and a 1950s building scare followed by revival led by Platt Moseley’s heirs and current descendants keeping tables stocked despite drought challenges.
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Rosamond McDufie
Aiken
Colleen Reed
Moseley
Jackie Cromer Stone
Cassie May Cromer Foley
McDuffie
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Davidson Fine Arts School
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