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Weâve all seen the reports about some federal grant thatâs funding research of the sexual habits of osprey or some other nonsense like that.
While those kind of projects may give federally funded research a bad name, itâs hard to argue what research and development has led to over the years, most recently the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that are being injected into arms across the country and world.
It has been truly amazing to see medical researchers rush to provide solutions to the pandemic, and we should all be thankful that so much time and money were put into the research that has led to at least two vaccines.
West Virginiaâs first spacecraft, Simulation to Flight-1 (or STF-1), launched into orbit on Dec. 16, 2018, on the first-ever NASA Venture Class Launch Services mission via the Rocket Lab Electron rocket.
The launch occurred from New Zealandâs Mahia Peninsula and STF-1 was one of 10 smallsats deployed as part of NASAâs Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission. First contact was achieved a few days later.
âI donât think words can express the amount of happiness and sense of accomplishment that came across the team during the first successful communications,â NASA computer engineer Justin Morris said as he reflected to the early days of the mission.