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When mayhem happens on Earth NASA flight directors remain calm supporting astronauts in space
Fiona Turett and Diane Dailey are 2 of 4 new NASA flight directors
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A NASA flight director is one of the most coveted careers at the space agency. There are far fewer flight directors than astronauts but they are at the forefront of human spaceflight without ever leaving Earth.
Flight directors are in charge of Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, overseeing human spaceflight. They lead teams of flight controllers and engineers, in the U.S. and international partners, all in real-time as astronauts are living and working in space. When there are hurricanes, power outages and world events down on Earth, flight directors must tune all that out and focus on the task at hand, making sure astronauts can safely spacewalk, dock at the space station and, in a few years, land on the moon.
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March 4, 2021 SHARE Washington University has earned a 2020 Gold Bicycle Friendly University designation from the League of American Bicyclists.
Washington University in St. Louis has earned a 2020 Gold Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) designation. The award, given by the League of American Bicyclists, recognizes institutions of higher education for providing a more bikeable campus for faculty, staff, students and visitors. The university is the first in Missouri to receive a BFU designation at a gold or platinum level and one of only six in the Midwest.
Having received the BFU Bronze in 2015 and the BFU Silver in 2017, Washington University’s 2020 BFU Gold designation recognizes the university’s continued efforts to make its campuses accessible and safe for bikers through alternative transportation programs, partnerships to enhance public transit access, and bicycle improvements to the built environment.
Even 20 years later, the words ring loud and clear in Hila Rubenstein’s ears.
“You got in? But you’re not good at math!”
As a sixth-grader, Rubenstein studied hard to test into a prestigious private school. She was elated when she learned she passed the tests and was accepted. But that joy quickly faded when she told her math teacher.
Today, Rubenstein is completing her doctorate at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology after earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree at the Technion and serving in the Israeli Defense Forces’ Intelligence Elite Unit 8200. Yet it was clear that her sixth-grade teacher’s surprise and derision stings to this day.