Latasha Pettway

NASA’s Perseverance Rover, On Sept. 1, 2021, Snagged The First Rock Samples From Mars At A Ridge Dubbed “Citadelle” (French For “Castle”). The Samples Are Expected To Be Delivered To Earth As Early As 2031 By A Joint NASA-European Space Agency Mission. The Samples, Once Delivered, Will Be The First Piece Of Another Planet On Earth.

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Ms. Josephine Baker, Who Died In 1975, Will Be The First Black Woman To Be Given One Of The Highest Honors In France–Honored With A Memorial Plaque At The Panthéon Monument, Paris, On Nov. 30th. The Late Ms. Baker Was A French-American Singer, Dancer, And Actress Who Fought Against Racism And In The French Resistance During WWW II.

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Scientists Built A Tiny Roach-Like Robot That Can Withstand A Million Times Its Weight And Move At Speeds 20 Body Lengths/Second. The Robot Is Built With Polyvinylidene Difluoride Material That Expands And Contracts With Small AC Application, Giving The Robot A Forward “Leapfrogging” Motion. The Robot Can Be Used To Inspect Tight Spaces.

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The Tastry’s App, BottleBird, Uses AI, Wine Profile Data, And Consumer’s “Palate Survey” For Personal Taste And Smell Preferences To Personalize Wine Recommendations For Consumers, And Improve Sales For Wine Traders. These Parameters Make BottleBird Different From Apps Like Vivino, Which Rely On Historical Purchase And Rating Data.

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China, In An Ambitious Bid For Space, Wants To Send Its First Crew To Mars In 2033. And Then Regularly, In 2035, 2037, 2041, And 2043. China Will First Use Robots To Explore Mars, To Find Suitable Environment, Before Sending Astronauts To Build A Mars Base. After Which, China Will Begin A Large-Scale Earth-To-Mars Cargo Missions.

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2 Of 3 China’s Robots, In Tianwen-1 Mission, Have Landed On Mars To Study Mars Climate And Geology. This Landing Makes China The Second Country To Successfully Do This. The 2 Robots, Lander And Zhurong Rover, Landed On Utopia Planitia. The Third Robot Will Orbit Mars, Sending The Rover To Locations Of Scientific Interests For Detail Study.

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The Toaster-Sized Instrument, On The Perseverance Rover, Called MOXIE, After Warming Up For ~2 Hours, Produced 5.4 Grams Of Oxygen From The Thin 96% Carbon Dioxide Rich Martian Atmosphere. The Amount Of Oxygen Produced Could Sustain An Astronaut For ~10 Minutes. This MOXIE Will Aid The Design Of Future Generations Of MOXIE.

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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter, On April 19, 2021, Made History By Becoming The First Aircraft To Make A Powered, Controlled Flight On Another Planet, And In This Case, Mars. The Image Of The Helicopter Was Captured By The Perseverance Rover, Parked About 211 feet Away, As Ingenuity Ascended To An Altitude Of 10 Feet, Then Hovered, Before Landing.

NASA’s Helicopter, Ingenuity, Has Touched Down On The Red Planet, Mars, On The 4th Of April, 2021, After Being Dropped Off By The Perseverance Rover. The 4 lbs Helicopter Will Now Depend On Its Solar Battery To Keep Its System Warm During The Cold Martian Night. The $85 Million Drone Is Expected To Make Its First Flight On April 11, 2021.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Safely Landed On Mars On Feb. 18, 2021. The Rover’s Mission Is To Find Signs Of Life, Including Ancient Microbial Life On Mars. The Rover Would Characterize Mars’ Geology And Past Climate, Including Being The First Mission To Collect And Store Martian Rock And Regolith, Paving The Way For Human Exploration.

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An American, Renee Capozzola, Has Become The First Female To Win The Title Of “The Underwater Photographer Of The Year.” She Won The 2021 Competition With Her Photo Submission, Entitled “Sharks’ Skylight,” Which Was Taken On The Pacific Island Of Moorea In August. Her Photo Bested 4,500 Submissions From Competitors Across 68 Countries.

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Sarah Thomas, 42, Will Make Another History As She Will Be The First Female To Officiate In The Super Bowl LV On February 7, 2021, In Tampa, Florida. She Previously Made History In 2015 As The First Female To Be Hired Full Time As An Official In The The National Football League (NFL). Congrats To Her.

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Women Are Standing Out And Holding Their Own. This Time, Rashida Jones Will Be The First Black Woman To Head A Major Cable News Network. She Will Be Appointed The President Of MSNBC On February 1, 2021, After The Current President, Phil Griffin, Steps Down. MSNBC Is The Third Ranked Cable News Network Behind CNN And Fox News.

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The Chinese New Submersible, Named Fendouzhe/Striver, Is The Deepest Diving Manned Submersible In The World, After Descending ~10,909 Metres To The Bottom Of The Challenger Deep Of The Marina Trench, Just Shy Of The 10,927 Metres World Record Set By The American Explorer In 2019. Fendouzhe Also Beamed Up The World’s First Live Video From Challenger Deep.

Yes, We Have Had 14 Black Astronauts Visit The International Space Station (ISS) During Its Construction. But Their Stay Was For A Short While. This Time, NASA, Via Sending Victor J. Glover–A Navy Commander And Test Pilot To ISS For A Longer, 6 Months, Stay, Will Make Him The First Black Astronaut To Stay This Long.

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A Woman, For The First Time, Has Been Appointed As The General Manager (GM) Of A Team Sports Operation In A Major Men’s Professional League In North America. Ms. Kim Ng, Age 51, Who Will Also Become The First Asian-American GM In The Baseball Major League History, Was Appointed As The General Manager For The Miami Marlins.

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Scientists Have Developed Microscopic Robots That Can Walk. The Robots Are So Small That 10 Of Them Could Fit Into A Fullstop At The End Of A Sentence. And As Such, Scientists Hope To, In The Future, Inject The Robots Into The Body, As Medical Tools Designed, For Example, To Hunt And Destroy Cancer Cells.

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Women Have Made Their Mark In NASA. And Now, Another Woman, Astronaut Jeanette Epps, Is Set To Build On That By Becoming The First Black Woman To Live And Work For A Long Term (6 Months) Aboard The International Space Station–She Is Scheduled To Launch In 2021. Astronaut Mae Jemison, In 1992, Became The First Black Woman In Space. Cool!

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A Former NFL Player, Jason Wright, Age 38, Has Been Named The First Black President Of A Team In The National Football League (NFL). Jason Is Now The President Of Washington’s Football Team, Formerly Called The Washington Redskins. The Team, After Decades Of Backlash Over Its Former 87-Year-Old Name, Changed Its Name In July Of 2020.

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The UAE Is Not Slowing Down After Recently Sending A Probe Mission To Mars. The Country Has Now Become The First To Startup, On The Gulf Coast East Of Qatar, A Nuclear Power Plant In The Arab World. The Barakah Fission Nuclear Plant, In Addition To Their Heavily Invested Solar Power, May Aid The Country Meet Its Sustainable Power Goals.

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