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Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert

During the Arizona moonwalks, scientists learned how to communicate their priorities succinctly and clearly to the flight control team, which then talked with the astronauts. If scientists needed to change the traverse plan to return to a site for more pictures, for instance, they had to rationalize the request to the flight director in charge. If the director...

Behind the scenes in Black Appalachia – Scalawag

I’m always one to participate in a good holler. That’s a feature of me: ready to yell. I imagine that could be seen as an Appalachian stereotype. I recently used my WOOOOO, HELL YEAH to celebrate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s win. I hollered, hanging out of a car window in what is considered a liberal and inclusive place—a historic gay district in...