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Daily Archives: April 6, 2022
Oakland University Announces the Winners of the 34th Annual Nightingale Awards for Nursing Excellence – 2022 – School of Nursing – OU Magazine – News…
Posted: April 6, 2022 at 9:01 pm
Oakland Universitys School of Nursing and its Board of Visitors have announced the 2022 Nightingale Award winners and runners-up. This years top nurses in Michigan come from a variety of clinical positions and settings and are recognized as exceptional in their areas of nursing.
The invaluable role nurses play in health care has been made more apparent these past few years and the Oakland University School of Nursing is hosting this annual event during National Nurses Week to celebrate the professionals who improve peoples lives.
Thanks to generous support from Presenting Sponsor Ascension Michigan, along with other sponsors, individual donations and support from the School of Nursing Board of Visitors, The Nightingale Awards provides future nurses with scholarships, like the Nightingale Legacy Scholarship. This endowed scholarship is awarded annually to nursing students who display the pioneering spirit of Florence Nightingale.
We take our mission of educating and helping to create top nurses in Michigan very seriously, said OU School of Nursing Dean, Judy Didion. Our goal is to create more nurses who emulate the spirit and tenacity of Florence Nightingale innovative, passionate nurses who can change the world.
The Nightingale Awards event will be on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in the Oakland Center Founders Ballrooms, on Oaklands main campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Each of the 10 Nightingale Award winners will receive a check for $1,000, a solid bronze statue of Florence Nightingale and a Nightingale ceremonial pin. Runners-up receive a commemorative plaque. Nurses were nominated by their peers, supervisors, and patients in recognition of their superior nursing expertise.
For more information on the event, please contact Kate Lionas in OU School of Nursing at (248) 364-8723 or by email at nightingale@oakland.edu or visit oakland.edu/nursing/nightingale.
2022 Nightingale Award Winners & Runners Up:
Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing
Winner: Makenzie Thimm, Ascension Southeast Michigan East and West Regions, Harrison Township, MIRunner-Up: Michelle Whalen, Michigan Medicine, Saline, MI
OU School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni
Winner: Annmarie Switchulis, Accent Care Hospice, Detroit, MIRunner-Up: Sara Schwartz, Ascension Providence Novi, West Bloomfield, MI
Excellence in Education
Winner: Olivia Keesee, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, White Lake MIRunner-Up: Mary Royce, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Excellence in Research
Winner: Kechi Iheduru-Anderson, Central Michigan University, College of Health Professions, Mount Pleasant, MIRunner-Up: Julie Kruse, Oakland University School of Nursing, Millbury, OH
Excellence in Nursing Leadership
Winner: Ashton Austin, Ascension Providence Southfield, Commerce Township, MIRunner-Up: Levi Launder, Beaumont Hospital, Taylor, Beverly Hills, MI
Executive Administration
Winner: Jan M. Doolittle, Michigan Medicine, Canton, MIRunner-Up: Renay Gagleard, St Joseph Mercy Oakland, Lennox Township, MI
Nursing in the Community
Winner: Madelyn L. Torakis, Henry Ford Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MIRunner-Up: Mary MacKinnon, Oakland County Health Division, Troy, MI
Post-Acute Care & Specialty Nursing
Winner: Karen Habte, Ascension Providence Southfield & Novi, Rochester, MIRunner-Up: Amanda Burgon, DMC-Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, St. Clair Shores, MI
Staff Nurse
Winner: Isabelle Miller, University of Michigan Health System, Canton, MIRunner-Up: Prisca Onwenu, Henry Ford West Bloomfield, West Bloomfield, MI
Peoples Choice Award
Winner: Amber Watson, Henry Ford Hospital- Detroit, Sterling Heights, MIRunner-Up: Kelley Ryan, DMC-Childrens Hospital of Michigan, Harrison Township, MI
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Buffy’s Graduation Scene Signals the Ascension of the Series – 25YearsLaterSite.com
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There are a lot of memorable parts of the Season 3 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Graduation Day, Part 2. From beginning to end, the episode represents some of the shows best writing and character development. But Buffys graduation scene, featuring the climactic battle between the Scoobys and the Mayor and his minions as they try to prevent his ascension is one of the most iconic scenes of the whole series.
Graduation Day, Part 1 ended with the showdown between Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Faith (Eliza Dushku) that had built up all season. Buffy winds up stabbing Faith, which leaves her incapacitated and confined to a hospital bed for the finale. (Though Faith does get to show up and guide Buffy around in her dreams, so she isnt entirely absent.) The finale starts out with an update on Angels predicamenthe is dying of some sort of sickness that can only be cured by drinking a slayer. There is also an indication that Angel (David Boreanaz) expected Buffy to deliver Faith to him as a sort of sacrifice. (I didnt rewatch Part 1, and I dont remember, but is that accurate?) Instead of Faith though, Buffy offers herself to him.Which results in a scene just as offputting and problematic as that sounds. Buffy voluntarily offers up her neck to Angel so he can feed on her and as he does Joss Whedons direction takes on a decidedly erotic tone, as do Gellar and Boreanezs acting choices. Especially in hindsight, it gets a little hard to watch. But the scene exists to get Buffy incapacitated and into the same hospital as Faith, and once that happens, Buffy is put at the mercy of the grieving Mayor of Sunnydale.
Harry Groeners performance as Mayor Richard Wilkins III is one of the most deliciously memorable villains in television history. The aww-shucks demeanor and germophobia were always the perfect masks for the evil that lurks beneath. Now, he is in the hospital fretting over Faith, who, while she had been his tool and puppet, he obviously also cares for. This leads to some great confrontations with Buffy and the Scoobys but ultimately just serves as the prelude. The Mayor has planned his ascension into the demon Olvikan for the 100th Anniversary of Sunnydales founding and it is set to happen during Buffys graduation ceremony at Sunnydale High School.
The entire season, really the entire series up to this point, has been building to Buffys graduation scene. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was after all conceived as a story about a high-school girl who happened to fight evil supernatural forces. The end of that part of the story had to happen somehow, but the way it plays out is more of a culmination than viewers of the show may have expected. The graduation ceremony itself takes up over 11 minutes of running time and contains some of the most ambitious effects, staging, and choreography that the show had tried up until that point. Some of those parts have certainly had a more lasting impact than others.
The emotional center of the scene is the interplay between the Mayor and Buffy. As Wilkins gives his speech he starts to stare down Buffy, talking about the people who cant be with them, and who should be with them. Hilariously, the Mayor drones in front of the assembled masses for several minutes before he gets to the big finish (even if he does have to skip his section on Civic Pride). Groeners incredible performance kicks everything up another notch here at the end. The tension keeps building as this speech ramps up, with cutaways to the crowd and the growing sense of dread becoming ever more palpable, even as the speech itself continues to be exactly the type of trite nonsense that politicians always deliver at graduation.Eventually, the sky darkens and Wilkins does take on the form of Olvikana giant snake creature. The transformation and snake effects are done entirely in computer animation and it is safe to say that they have not held up well to over 20 years of innovation. While in human form the Mayor was a marvela smart and vicious villain with recognizable human traits and weaknesses. This giant, computerized, snake monster has none of that. That fact casts a bit of a pall over the rest of the scene. Any show with the budget limitations that Buffy had to endure would have been better off to take the Jaws tack with the revelations and unfortunately, they decided instead to put their limitations on full display.
A lot of that has to do with Joss Whedons limited skills as a director. No matter what has happened to his legacy, it is true that Whedon became a pretty skilled director. But that is not the case for Graduation Day: Part 2throughout the episode the camera positioning is clunky and awkward, and the less said about the lighting the better. (Ill just say, I wish someone would have unplugged a few of the lights so there was some contrast in any of the frames.) But that all pales in comparison to the issues during Buffys graduation scene.The staging of the fight scene following the Mayors transformation is just awkward. The assembled students fight the giant snake in front of them. But then they move, as a group, to some stairs in the middle of the school and are attacked from behind by the Mayors vampire minions. This leads to some hilarious interplay as extras seemingly throw themselves into the onrushing vampires for no reason. Then Angel and additional minions arrive as reinforcements but everything becomes a jumbled mess. It all seems as though the director had no real understanding of how any of it would look on screen, and thats a shame as it seems clear it could have been an epic battle, even on the shows limited budget.That may make it seem like the scene is bad, but thats simply not the case. Like the show itself, Buffys graduation scene succeeds despite its limitations. Even in the midst of the chaos, the shows real strengths shine through. The writing, acting, and character work continue to shine no matter how weird the direction and blocking seems to become. During this scene, each of the main characters gets a moment to shine and it becomes impossible not to get swept away with them.
Just as the Mayor transforms, Buffy calls out to the assembled class to attack and everyone in attendance is revealed to be armed to the teeth. The great part about this is that the entire Sunnydale Class of 1999 essentially has a character arc. They started the series as vapid teenagers, unable to understand the evil around them, and acting horribly toward Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies. But now, after three years of work, three years of being there side by side with the Slayer, they are finally able to move past all that and act to save themselves and fight alongside our heroes. The moment and the entire idea speak to the themes of identity and transformation that are at the heart of what makes the series so appealing and indelible.
With our main characters, while all of them would change significantly from here, this scene allowed them to be at their best in the service of each other. Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) got to dust a vamp, and it is framed in such a way that you can tell she is good at it, and that she enjoys it. Xander (Nicholas Brendan) leads the troops, even though this is just because he was Army Guy at Halloween and his actual skills are really suspect, but this may be the most heroism he displays in the entire series (OK, I admit, Im not a Xander guy.)
The others all get their moments too, but this conflict is really between Buffy and the Mayor and it is in their interactions that it reaches its climax. Buffy orders the others away and gets the giant snakes attention all to herself. Once she does, she pulls out the dagger that she used to stab Faith and taunts him with it. Somehow, the tech team behind this ridiculous CGI snake monstrosity is able to give it the perfect emotional response. The snake is the mayor at that moment, hurt, angry, and seeking revenge for the loss of Faith. Buffy leads him into the school, all the way to the library, which is strapped with explosives. Well gosh, Mayor Wilkins, Olivkar the demon, says as he explodes. With that Buffys graduation scene comes to its conclusion. And it is perfect.
The destruction of Sunnydale High, and the library in particular, was unexpected. The library had been the symbolic home of the entire serieslike the bar in Cheers or the study room in Community this was where we found these characters at their most at ease with the world. Its destruction is the perfect capper to this scene and in turn the capper of the show up until this point.With this 15 minute scene Buffy The Vampire Slayer really cemented its legacy as TV series. The season-long arc came to a head in the most satisfying possible way with the Mayor living up to his billing as both the most well-rounded and most dangerous villain the Scoobys had yet faced. This scene contained all the tropes of televised high-school graduations while at the same time completely subverting them to the thematic and emotional needs of the characters. Also, Buffy and Giles (Anthony Stewart-Head) got to blow up the entire school to save the world. And whats more high-school than that?
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Dry spell over: St. John wins first district softball title in six years – Post South
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Staff Report| Plaquemine Post South
The wait is over for the St. John softball team.
An 11-1 rout over visitor Ascension Christian last Thursday paved the way for the Eagles to capture their first District 7-1A championship since 2016.
Weve been on a dry spell, head coach Cindy Prouty said. We couldnt beat Ascension Catholic for a few years and then Ascension Christian had a couple years where they won it.
We beat Ascension Catholic 2-1 last year but lost 2-1 to Ascension Christian so we had to settle for second, she said. But this year, and hopefully for the next few years, I really want us to have a run.
Charli Neumann (3-for-4) propelled St. John with six runs on three hits. The eighth-grader belted a grand slam in the third inning and smacked a homer in the sixth inning.
The Eagles piled six runs in the third, with RBIs from Neumann, Cassidy Cannella and Kynleigh Rhymer.
Rhymer allowed the Lions one run on one hit. She struck out 10 and walked one.
The Eagles still need to clean up the game before the post-season fray begins, Prouty said.
Class 5A foe Live Oak took advantage of six Eagle errors for an 11-6 win on Saturday in Watson.
While the St. John already had the district title in the bag, a win over the highly regarded Live Oak a perennial state contender would have been a big help, Proudy said.
We missed the opportunity to beat a quality 5A school, which would have helped us in the power ratings, she said.
Individually, Rhymer continues to make solid showing at the mound (11-2, 1.89 ERA) and at the plate (.537, 23 RBIs), while Kaylee Richard remains strong at bat (.480, 16 RBIs). Neuman has stepped as DP (.451, 24 RBIs).
Prouty said she hopes for a stronger showing from catcher Cassidy Canella.
She started the season on fire but she is in a bit of a slump, she said. Shes still batting .449 with 12 RBIs.
Meanwhile, Ali Mancuso suffered a broken nose during practice Friday evening, just when she turned her season around, Prouty said.
She started off slow, but has since started hitting like a champ (.311, 13 RBIs), she said.
Prouty said freshman Karsyn Vadnais has also stepped up her game, doing well defensively and hitting .429.
Shes also our number-two pitcher and has done well when she gets an opportunity at the mound, Prouty said. Now we need juniors Baylie Romero, Emma Perry and Emily Burleigh to step up their game.
If we can get those three going, we will be a contender, she said. Weve got what it takes we just have to put it all together.
St. John will face quality foes next week when they battle Thibodaux High and neighboring rival Brusly, a perennial Class 3A contender which will move up to 4A next season.
Quality competition will help lead us into postseason play, Prouty said. Im excited to see where we go.
Prouty hopes to see the 2022 Eagles experience the same exuberance she and her teammates enjoyed when they won the Class 1A state title in 1985.
But it will mean ending the one-and-done scenario the Eagles have endured over the last few years.
Im hoping this year we can get the monkey off our back, she said.
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Check out the results from the Rebel Relays track and field meet – The Advocate
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Doug Stewart Rebel Relays
BOYS TEAM TOTALS
1, Teurlings Catholic, 163. 2, St. Thomas More, 101. 3, Ascension Episcopal, 93. 4, St. Louis, 53. 5, Notre Dame, 41. 6, Opelousas Catholic, 39. 8, Episcopal of Acadiana, 33. 9, Catholic-NI, 29. 10, Catholic-Pointe Coupee, 24. 11, Vermilion Catholic, 2.
RUNNING EVENTS
100 - 1, Charles Payton, STM, 11.32., 2, Nicholas Dellumo, Teurlings, 11.44. 3, Gelyn Ford, Teurlings, 11.62.
200 - 1, Cole Edmund, Ascension, 23.15. 2, Charles Peyton, STM, 23.37. 3, Nicholas Dellumo, Teurlings, 23.57.
400 - 1, Tripp Gomez, STM, 52.76. 2, Luke Gilley, OC, 52.91. 3, Stokes, CHNI, 54.01.
800 - 1, Landon Meche, Ascension, 2:05.60. 2, William Robichaux, Teurlings, 2:16.40. 3, Gomez, STM, 2:17.01.
1600 - 1, Jude Greenman, Teurlings, 4:55.97. 2, Harrison Marceaux, Teurlings, 4:59.54. 3, Quin Foshee, Ascension, 5:01.11.
3200 - 1, Cameron Kelly, Teurlings, 10:11.01. 2, Noah Bernard, Teurlings, 10:33.73. 3, Cade Lyons, St. Louis, 10:37.40.
110H - 1, Cade Dardar, Ascension, 17.25. 2, Alex Richard, Teurlings, 18.04. 3, James Saizon, CHNI, 18.36.
300H - 1, Alex Richard, Teurlings,44.52. 2, Cade Dardar, Ascension, 50.49. 3, Freeman, STM, 51.50.
RELAYS
4x100 - 1, Teurlings, 45.34. 2, St. Thomas More, 45.71. 3, Catholic-NI, 45.77.
4x200 - 1, St. Thomas More, 1:33.51. 2, Notre Dame, 1:34.13. 3, Ascension, 1:36.20.
4x400 - 1, St. Thomas More, 3:42.63. 2, Ascension, 3:42.78. 3, St. Louis, 3:43.5.
4x800 - 1, Teurlings, 8:39.66. 2, St. Louis, 3:58.04. 3, Catholic-NI, 9:46.24.
FIELD EVENTS
Shot put - 1, Ymanie Baudoin, Ascension, 44-1. 2, Cy Newland, Teurlings, 42-8. 3, Brown, CHNI, 39-8.
Discus - 1, Richard Magann, ESA, 137-3. 2, Richard Seymour, STM, 129-6. 3, Cy Newland, Teurlings, 118-9.
Javelin- 1, Richard Seymour, STM, 168-10. 2, Spence Nixon, St. Louis, 163-1. 3, Harrison Nixon, St. Louis 139-10.
Long jump: 1, Kameron Levier, OC, 19-10. 2, Adam Gandy, St. Louis, 19-6. 3, Austin David, Teurlings, 19-5.
Triple jump - 1, Adam Guidry, STM, 40-0. 2, Matthew Mayfield, Teurlings,39-0. 3, Cade Dardar, Ascension, 38-5.
High jump - 1, Kameron Levier, OC, 5-8. 2, Patrick Ted Menard, ND, 5-6. 3, Kolin Courville, CPC, 5-4.
Pole vault - 1. 1, Mason Abshire, St. Louis, 14-6. 2, Beau Desormeaux, Ascension, 10-6. 3, Travis Kidder, Teurlings, 8-6.
1, St. Louis, 219. 2, Teurlings Catholic, 124. 3, St. Thomas More, 116. 4, Ascension Episcopal, 32. 5, Episcopal of Acadiana, 25.5. 6, Notre Dame, 24. 7, Vermilion Catholic, 16. 8, Catholic-Pointe Coupee, 6.5. 9, Opelousas Catholic, 2.
100 -1, Genesis Bass, St. Louis, 12.67. 2, Reagan Latiolais, STM, 12.87. 3, Madisen Fobbs, Teurlings, 12.91.
200 - 1, Shelby Willis, St. Louis, 26.19. 2, Genesis Bass, St. Louis, 26.52. 3, Reagan Latiolais, STM, 27.08
400 - 1, Hannah Boullion, St. Louis, 1:00.28. 2, Abbigale Landry, Teurlings, 1:01.67. 3, Ayden Brown, ESA, 1:03.97.
800 - 1, Ella Segura, St. Louis, 2:24.13. 2, Ayden Brown, ESA, 2:27.82, 3, Lexi Guillory, TC, 2:38.89.
1,600 - 1, Bella Segura, St. Louis, 5:20.53. 2, Angelle Dupuis, Teurlings, 5:31.51. 3, Ayden Brown, ESA, 5:36.96.
3,200 - 1, Lexi Guidry, Teurlings, 12:13.40. 2, Sara Godley, Ascension, 12:33.59. 3, Ellie Bond, STM, 12:48.58.
100 hurdles - 1, Kendalyn Morgan, Ascension, 17.71. 2, Arden Turner, St. Louis, 17.74. 3, Kylie Meagher, Teurlings, 18.34.
300 hurdles - 1, Kassidy Richard, St. Louis, 47.83. 2, Madisen Fobbs, Teurlings, 50.49. 3, Hailee Freeman, STM, 51.50.
4x100 - 1, St, Louis, 49.73. 2, Teurlings, 51.08. 3, Notre Dame, 52.08.
4x200 - 1, St. Louis, 1:45.28. 2, St. Thomas More, 1:47.90. 3, Notre Dame, 1:53.64.
4x400 - 1, St. Louis, 4:09.19, 2, Teurlings, 4:15.60. 3, St. Thomas More, 4:48.56.
4x800 - 1, Teurlings, 10:12.86. 2, St. Louis, 10:34.07. 3, St. Thomas More, 10:46.80.
Shot put - 1, Amarie Guillory, St. Louis, 35-6. 2, Annelise Davis, STM, 34-7. 3, Emma Freeman, St. Louis, 34-4.
Discus - 1, Emma Freeman, St. Louis, 104-9. 2, Mary Hebert, ND, 101-3. 3, Abigail Inzerella, STM, 95-7.
Javelin - 1, Emma Freeman, St. Louis, 125-0. 2, Amarie Guillory, St. Louis, 105-3. 3, Emily Guidry, RC, 103-1 .
Long jump - 1, Tia Redar, St. Louis, 17-10. 2, Reagan Latiolais, STM, 16-8. 3, Kylie Meagher, Teurlings, 16-0;
Triple jump - 1, Tia Reder, St. Louis, 35-9. 2, Hannah Freeman, STM, 31-2. 3, Ella Simoneaux, St. Louis, 31-1.
High jump - 1, Myca Trail, St. Louis, 5-4. 2, Maci Fontenot, St. Louis, 5-0. 3. Damyisia Asberry, Teurlings, 4-10,
Pole vault - 1, Carlisle Quackenbos, VC, 9-6. 2, Abigail Inzerella, STM, 9-0. 3, Mia Melin, St. Louis, 6-0.
(At New Iberia Sr. High)
1. Cecilia 84, 2. Carencro 78.75, 3. Alexandria 72, 4. Southside 70.75, 5. Ponchatoula 65, 6. New Iberia 58, 7. Breaux Bridge 39.75, 8. Acadiana 38, 8. Comeaux 38, 10. Lafayette High 28, 11. Westgate 11.75, 12. Highland Baptist 5.
100 1. Christian Thomas, New Iberia, 11.02; 2. JKylon Thomas, Breaux Bridge, 11.28; 3. Jaiden Lindsay, Alexandria, 11.38.
200 1. JKylon Thomas, Breaux Bridge, 22.30; 2. Jaiden Lindsay, Alexandria, 22.89; 3. Dilbert Mallery, Acadiana, 23.23.
400 1. Fuentes James, Ponchatoula, 51.54; 2. Josh Mangiaracina, Southside, 53.08; 3. Austin Delahoussaye, New Iberia, 53.69.
800 1. Bryce Campbell, Carencro, 2:05.35; 2. DMari Francis, Carencro, 2:08.13; 3. Marcelle Washington, Cecilia, 2:09.14.
1,600 1. Connor Irvin, Southside, 4:42.12; 2. Bryce Campbell, Carencro, 4:42.32; 3. Adam Dugas, Lafayette, 5:12.49.
3,200 1. Bryce Campbell, Carencro, 10:22.83; 2. Jacob Gondron, Lafayette, 10:23.07; 3. Connor Irvin, Southside, 10:24.40.
110 hurdles 1. Jayden Singleton, Cecilia, 14.66; 2. Kalix Robinson, Comeaux, 15.69; 3. Davis Taylor, Ponchatoula, 16.83.
300 hurdles 1. Jayden Singleton, Cecilia, 39.94; 2. Kalix Robinson, Comeaux, 41.51; 3. Joni Martin, Carencro, 43.52.
4x100 1. Acadiana (Russell Babineaux, Cameron Monette, Dilbert Mallery, Ezekiel Hypolite), 43.78; 2. New Iberia, 43.80; 3. Breaux Bridge 44.01.
4x200 1. Breaux Bridge (Angelo Neveu, Brandon Boyd, JKylon Thomas, Rontrae Calais), 1:30.07; 2. Alexandria, 1:31.25; 3. Comeaux, 1:31.28.
4x400 1. Acadiana (Aiden Porter, Tourean Campbell, Ezekiel Hypolite, Tayven Lemaire), 3:32.61; 2. Alexandria, 3:34.22; 3. Southside, 3:36.24.
4x800 1. Carencro (Bryce Campbell, Gavin Bernard, Dmari Francis, Noah Alrashidi), 8:51.24; 2. Southside, 8:59.10; 3. Cecilia, 9:06.45.
Long jump 1. Jayden Singleton, Cecilia, 21-4.5; 2. Amire Ledet, New Iberia, 21-2; 3. Landon Baptiste, Southside, 20-8.
Triple jump 1. Jayden Singleton, Cecilia, 44-0; 2. Amire Ledet, New Iberia, 42-9; 3. Landon Baptiste, Southside, 42-3.25.
Shot put 1. Kendrick Alexander, Cecilia, 48-3; 2. Jeremiah Jeffers, Alexandria, 47-4.5; 3. Jacalin Washington, New Iberia, 46-7.
High jump 1. Landon Baptiste, Southside, 6-3; 2. Jacob Pea, Ponchatoula, 6-0; 3. Davis Taylor, Ponchatoula, 5-8.
Discus 1. Hunter Rivett, Alexandria, 137-2; 2. Ibrahim Alam, Lafayette, 134-5; 3. Blake Stevens, Cecilia, 132-9.
Javelin 1. Adaiah Jones, Alexandria, 158-1; 2. John Parrish, Alexandria, 152-6; 3. Hudson Delatte, Ponchatoula, 143-7.
Pole vault 1. Hayden Stelly, Comeaux, 11-0; 2. Michael Simon, Cecilia, 11-0; 3. Ren Mattei, Ponchatoula, 11-0.
1. Alexandria 144, 2. Ponchatoula 68, 3. Lafayette High 67, 4. Cecilia 65.5, 5. New Iberia 43, 6. Southside 42, 7. Westgate 36, 8. Acadiana 34, 9. Breaux Bridge 30, 9. Highland Baptist 30, 11. Comeaux 4, 12. Acadiana Renaissance 1.5.
RUNNING EVENTS
100 1. Brandi Goldman, Alexandria, 12.49; 2. Janiya Mouton, Breaux Bridge, 12.76; 3. Pauliqua Landry, New Iberia, 12.85.
200 1. Melyssa Mitchell, Alexandria, 26.45; 2. Ariana Taylor, Ponchatoula, 26.84; 3. Ranisha Allen, Westgate, 26.84.
400 1. Breana Quinney, Alexandria, 1:00.08; 2. Jakyra Edwards, Alexandria, 1:02.71; 3. Danasia Chappell, Ponchtoula, 1:02.74.
800 1. Chrysta Narcisse, Lafayette, 2:32.62; 2. Callie Arthur, Ponchatoula, 2:35.94; 3. Arianna Brown, New Iberia, 2:36.50.
1,600 1. Raegan Monroe, Alexandria, 5:29.49; 2. Jadyn Richard, Ponchatoula, 5:52.21; 3. Aliah Lopez, Acadiana, 6:01.91.
3,200 1. Raegan Monroe, Alexandria, 11:58.35; 2. Jadyn Richard, Ponchatoula, 12:41.74; 3. Jadyn Brettel, Ponchatoula, 12:57.49.
100 hurdles 1. Jacquel Williams, Cecilia, 17.19; 2. Zoriahn Davis, New Iberia, 18.16; 3. Sanyla Atkins, Alexandria, 18.44.
300 hurdles 1. Amyra Johnson, Westgate, 48.66; 2. Maegan Champagne, Highland, 50.77; 3. Jalizyanae Jones, Southside, 52.35.
RELAYS
4x100 1. Alexandria, 48.95; 2. Westgate, 51.95; 3. Cecilia, 52.02.
4x200 1. Alexandria, 1:42.90; 2. Westgate, 1:49.86; 3. Acadiana, 1:51.72.
4x400 1. Acadiana (Camryn Price, Kylie Norbert, Aliah Lopez, Sydni Cole), 4:20.39; 2. Alexandria, 4:22.72; 3. Cecilia, 4:32.19.
4x800 1. Lafayette High (Tris Breaux, Dacia Jones, Chrysta Narcisse, Amber Broussard), 9:17.92.
GIRLS FIELD EVENTS
Long jump 1. Hannah Mouton, Southside, 16-11.5; 2. Ariana Taylor, Ponchatoula, 16-10; 3. Janiya Mouton, Breaux Bridge, 16-10.
Triple jump 1. Jacquel Williams, Cecilia, 34-8.5; 2. Karrington Eugene, Southside, 34-5.5; 3. Jakara Belizaire, Cecilia, 33-8.5.
High jump 1. Jacquel Williams, Cecilia, 5-4; 2. Sophie Agner, Ponchatoula, 4-10; 3. Jillian Howze, New Iberia, 4-10.
Shot put 1. Reese Grossie, Lafayette, 37-3; 2. Layla Branch-King, Alexandria, 34-5; 3. Jasmine Richard, Alexandria, 32-5.5.
Discus 1. Reese Grossie, Lafayette, 114-6; 2. Lauren Mouton, Cecilia, 100-6; 3. Yasmin Dauterive, New Iberia, 86-7.
Javelin 1. Sarah Dupuy, Alexandria, 128-9; 2. Rylee Guthrie, Highland, 105-9; 3. Baylee Guillory, Alexandria, 99-9.
Pole vault 1. Lindsey Doucet, Breaux Bridge, 11-0; 2. Maegan Champagne, Highland, 8-0; 3. Andine Boisseau, Lafayette, 7-6.
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Check out Thursday’s results from the Dutchtown Invitational Track Meet – The Advocate
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Team totals: 1, Catholic High 141. 2, Zachary 121. 3, Dutchtown 112. 4, St. Amant 76. 5, East Ascension 40. 6, Episcopal 38. 7, Parkview Baptist 20. 8, St. Michael 14.3. 9, Lutcher 13. 10, Donaldsonville 10.6. 11, St. Charles Catholic 3.
Field events
Javelin: 1, Cole Martin, Dutchtown, 162-3. 2, William Riley, Catholic, 154-7. 3, Hudson Flores, Catholic, 151-0.
High jump: 1, DAndre Taylor, St. Amant, 6-2. 2, TreShaun Dunn, St. Amant, 6-2. 3, Shafter St. Cyr, East Ascension, 6-0.
Shot put: 1, Taishon Nelson, Zachary, 53-6. 2, Prince Edwards, Catholic, 48-4. 3, Ethan Fields, Dutchtown, 47-7.
Long jump: 1, Jerome Robinson, Zachary, 24-2. 2, Montrell Morris, Dutchtown, 23-3 1/2. 3, DAndre Taylor, St. Amant, 23-2.
Pole vault: 1, Bransen Phillips, Catholic, 13-3. 2, William Ribes, Episcopal, 11-6. 3, Reid Bodin, Lutcher, 11-6.
Discus: 1, Cole Martin, Dutchtown, 148-0. 2, Peyton Joshua, St. Amant, 123-2. 3, Angelo Gonzales, Dutchtown, 121-0.
Triple jump: 1, Montrell Morris, Dutchtown, 46-0. 2, DAndre Taylor, St. Amant, 43-8. 3, Clayton Warner Catholic, 42-10.
Track events
4x800-meter relay: 1, Parkview Baptist 8:30.30. 2, Episcopal 8:31.28. 3, St. Amant 8:34.15.
4x200 relay: 1, Dutchtown 1:29.45. 2, East Ascension 1:30.32. 3, Zachary 1:30.43.
1,600 meters: 1, Rhen Langley, Zachary, 4:12.01. 2, Matthew Maynard, Catholic, 4:36.71. 3, Aiden Monistere, Parkview, 4:42.31.
110 hurdles: 1, Louis Rudge, Catholic, 14.63. 2, Vederek Zachary, 14.66. 3, Carlos Bell, Donaldsonville, 15.47.
100: 1, Dylan Sampson, Dutchtown, 10.93. 2, Tylon Williams, Zachary, 11.18. 3, William Anderson, St. Michael, 11.27.
800: 1, Lajaune George, Zachary, 2:00.86. 2, Peyton Bourgeois, St. Amant. 2:02.48. 3, Henry Mensman, Catholic, 2:02.91.
4x100 relay: 1, Dutchtown 42.88. 2, Zachary 43.27. 3, Catholic 43.53.
400: 1, Winston DeCuir, Catholic, 48.63. 2, Matthews Collins, East Ascension, 50.03. 3, Hunter Ullrich, Catholic, 51.42.
300 hurdles: 1, Vederek Matthews, Zachary, 39.86. 2, Lucas Gawarecki, Catholic, 40.55. 3, Alex Martin, Dutchtown, 40.92.
200: 1, Dylan Sampson, Dutchtown 22.40. 2, Tylon Williams, Zachary 22.68. 3, Matthews Collins, East Ascension, 22.82.
3,200: 1, Rhen Langley, Dutchtown, 9:54.72. 2, Clark Chustz, Catholic, 10:03.12. 3, Peyton Bourgeois, St. Amant, 10:05.44.
4x400 relay: 1, Catholic 3:31.71. 2, Zachary 3:36.17. 3, Dutchtown 3:36.22.
Outstanding Field Performer: DAndre Taylor, St. Amant
Outstanding Track Performer: Dylan Sampson, Dutchtown
Team totals: 1, St. Joseph's Academy 171. 2, Zachary 115. 3, Dutchtown 94. 4, Episcopal 90. 5, East Ascension 43. 6, St. Amant 25. 7, Lutcher 21. 8, Parkview Baptist 14. 9, St. Michael 12. 10, St. Charles Catholic 4.
Field events
Javelin: 1, Rebecca Bordelon, St. Josephs, 117-10. 2, Sydney Johnson, East Ascension, 108-3. 3, Gracie Baker, St. Amant, 108-1.
High jump: 1, Alana Simon, Episcopal, 5-4. 2, Reese Favaloro, St. Josephs, 5-2. 3, Sahnya Lathon, East Ascension, 5-2.
Shot put: 1, Jaydan Jackson, Zachary, 43-1. 2, Lyndsey Darensbourg, St. Josephs, 36-4. 3, Rowyn Hall, Zachary, 33-10.
Long jump: 1, Simone Castelluccio, St. Josephs, 18-1. 2, Jashyra Thomas, Lutcher, 16-4. 3, Gracie Eues, Dutchtown, 16-4.
Pole vault: 1, Ava Riche, St. Josephs, 13-0. 2, Rachel Kerr, St. Josephs, 11-0. 3, Taylor McBride, Dutchtown, 8-6.
Discus: 1, Jaydan Jackson, Zachary, 140-3. 2, Ambria Langley, Zachary, 105-9. 3, Kiristen McGirt, East Ascension, 99-8.
Triple jump: 1, Simone Castelluccio, St. Josephs, 38-9. 2, Sahnya Lathon, East Ascension, 37-8 1/2. 3, Sadie Bourgeois, St. Amant, 36-0 1/2.
Track events
4x800-meter relay: 1, Episcopal 10:07.93. 2, Zachary 10:47.28. 3, Parkview Baptist 10:56.86.
4x200 relay: 1, Zachary 1:41.91. 2, Dutchtown 1:43.28. 3, St. Josephs 1:43.60.
1,600 meters: 1, Alexis Napoli, St. Josephs, 5:33.54. 2, Julia Monzon, St. Josephs, 5:45.90. 3, Rylee Deignan, Zachary, 5:48.57.
100 hurdles: 1, Dalia Young, Episcopal, 15.09. 2, Isabella Lalonde, St. Josephs, 16.02. 3, Lanay Mealey, Zachary, 16.20.
100: 1, Ariane Linton, Dutchtown, 12.05. 2, Jaala Thymes, Zachary, 12.30. 3, Simone Castelluccio, St. Josephs, 12.33.
800: 1, Lucy Cramer, Episcopal, 2:25.47. 2, Saylor Donaldson, Dutchtown, 2:30.25. 3, Mia Pulliam, Episcopal, 2:32.82.
4x100 relay: 1, Zachary 47.90. 2, Dutchtown 48.46. 3, St. Josephs 49.40.
400: 1, Jashyra Thomas, Lutcher, 59.05. 2, Rachel Feredy, Dutchtown, 59.34. 3, Inessa Robillard, St. Josephs, 1:02.96.
300 hurdles: 1, Dalia Young, Episcopal, 46.54. 2, Alana Simon, Episcopal, 48.37. 3, Isabella Lalonde, St. Josephs, 49.23.
200: 1, Ariane Linton, Dutchtown, 24.89. 2, Simone Castelluccio, St. Josephs, 24.97. 3, Jaala Thymes, Zachary, 25.23.
3,200: 1, Ava Marie Lemoine, St. Josephs, 12:04.47. 2, Rylee Deignan, Zachary, 12:29.40. 3, Isabella Legarth, 12:37.93.
4x400 relay: 1, St. Joseph's 4:06.22. 2, Episcopal 4:17.82. 3, Dutchtown 4:27.24.
Outstanding Field Performer: Simone Castelluccio, St. Josephs Academy
Outstanding Track Performer: Ariane Linton, Dutchtown
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ESA – Where is the International Space Station?
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The International Space Station with ESAs Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 92 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth. Astronauts working and living on the Station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
The tracker above, developed by ESA, shows where the Space Station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago and 90 minutes ahead. Due to the Station's orbit it appears to travel from west to east over our planet, and due to Earth's own rotation the Space Station's moves 2200 km to the west on each orbit. You can see the International Space Station with your own eyes from here by looking up at the right time.
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Ax-1: Why the private mission to the International Space Station is a gamechanger – Space.com
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This article was originally published atThe Conversation. (opens in new tab)The publication contributed the article to Space.com'sExpert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Ian Whittaker (opens in new tab), Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
It's not long since billionaires were competing to get to the "edge of space." Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike the short "joyrides (opens in new tab)" of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, this mission will be reaching the roughly 400km altitude needed to dock with the ISS.
The mission by the US commercial aerospace company Axiom Space is a major step forward in private space travel, and is part of a plan to build a private space station. With Russiarecently pulling out (opens in new tab)of collaborating on the ISS, the world will be watching to see whether the private sector can be trusted to provide reliable access to space for peaceful exploration.
The Ax-1 mission is planned for launch on April 6, using a SpaceXDragon Endeavour spacecraft (opens in new tab) the same as thatused by astronauts (opens in new tab)in 2020 onboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission is planned to last ten days, eight of which will be on the ISS.
Live updates: Ax-1 private mission to space station
With the high altitude and long duration, the preparations have been lengthy. The concept mission has been a plan since the founding of Axiom Space in 2016 by Iranian-American businessmanKamal Ghaffarian (opens in new tab)(who also founded the private nuclear reactor company X-energy) andMichael T. Suffredini (opens in new tab)(whos had a long career at NASA). And while NASA is funding some of the costs, each of the four participants is reportedly having to provide their own contribution of$55 million (42 million) (opens in new tab)as well.
The onboard astronauts will feel weightless for the majority of the ten days and be at risk from thedangers experienced (opens in new tab)by all astronauts, including radiation exposure, muscle degradation and potentially some bone loss. Although with such a short mission, these risks are exceptionally low.
Unlike standard American trips to the ISS, mission control is in Axiom headquarters in Houston rather than on NASA property. While this is the first time it has been used for a full mission, it has previously been used for research looking at how items on the ISS change over time. This resulted in the MCC-A (Mission Control Center - Axiom) being validated as apayload operations site (opens in new tab)by NASA.
Theastronauts onboardare all private citizens, with the mission commander, Michael Lpez-Alegra, a previous NASA astronaut. The other three members, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy are described by the company as "entrepreneurs" and "investors."
Although if you are thinking of a stereotypical suited investor going into space, then think again. The backgrounds of these three men are very impressive and suggest any of them could already have been chosen as a space agency astronaut, with a private pilot and a military pilot among them.
Looking more into their backgrounds, it is clear that philanthropy is at the heart of those chosen for this mission, with each known for giving back to their communities. As part of this, theastronauts are planning (opens in new tab)to carry out research during their time at the ISS looking at how space travel will affect the health of future astronauts including effects on vision, pain and sleep. Experiments on food growth are also planned all of which are current topics that need researching for future private space endeavors.
This is a very positive and welcome step forwards. It is usually the case that space agency-collected data is madeavailable to researchers (opens in new tab)(usually after an embargo period). If private researchers are willing to do the same then it heralds an age of accelerated research and technology.
The Ax-1 mission is the first part of a plan by Axiom Space to produce the first private space station. This is no small feat; ISS itself had to bebuilt in pieces (opens in new tab), then sent up to be constructed in space. The total mass of a 420 tonnes space station simply isn't feasible to launch into space in one trip. For comparison, this is the same as launching 70James Webb Space Telescopes (opens in new tab)at once.
It took over ten years and 30 launches to finish the ISS. Axiom's plan is to actually construct the space station onboard the ISS, initially building ahabitation module (Axiom Hub One) (opens in new tab), which is estimated for launch in 2024. No doubt, once operational, this module will accommodate and join with more modules as funding comes in for the company.
With the ISS planned for decommission sometime after 2030, there will be a need for an open and international space station. While a space station costs a lot to maintain, NASA and ESA at least will likelypay a rental fee (opens in new tab)to use facilities on such a private space station.
A lot of private firms will be watching the Ax-1 mission to make a decision on whether to pursue their own programs. Success would mean that there could suddenly be an influx of investment and plans for future space station modules or entire stations. If this is the case, space agencies will have to accept that they will not be able to compete with the private sector. Instead, they would be wise to focus on renting private space and performing open access research.
I wish the first four private astronauts luck with their mission and hope they bring lots of data back for both researchers and the general public to learn from.
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Amazon joins Orbital Reef commercial space station project – Space.com
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Amazon is getting into the private space station business.
The company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos has joined the Orbital Reef commercial space station project to provide supply-chain logistics and Amazon Web Services for the private orbital outpost, which is slated to launch by the late 2020s. The Orbital Reef project is led by Blue Origin (another company founded by Bezos) and Sierra Space, and is a partnership with Boeing, Redwire Space, Genesis Engineering and Arizona State University.
Amazon's role in Orbital Reef, which the company announced Tuesday (April 5) at the 37th National Space Symposium here, includes overseeing logistics using its Distribution and Fulfillment Solutions arm. And Amazon Web Services will offer networking, cloud computing and communications solutions for the station's fight operations, development and design teams.
"We are excited to collaborate with the Orbital Reef team to reimagine logistics for space," Brett McMillen, director of strategic partners for Amazon Distribution and Fulfillment Solutions, said in a statement (opens in new tab). "Amazon looks forward to sharing our expertise in logistics and end-to-end supply chain infrastructure to help develop reliable infrastructure that ensures humans have the resources they need to explore, experiment and sustain long-term habitation in low Earth orbit."
Related: NASA wants to help private space stations get off the ground
Announced in October 2021, the Orbital Reef commercial space station is a collaborative project by Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Boeing and others (including, now, Amazon) to develop a private space station that can be used for a wide variety of commercial applications. Among those potential uses are commercial research and manufacturing, space tourism and media and entertainment projects, its backers have said.
The initial Orbital Reef design calls for a baseline configuration that will offer 29,311 cubic feet (830 cubic meters) of pressurized volume and be able to support up to 10 people at a time.
Blue Origin will contribute large-diameter modules and use its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket to launch components into orbit. Boeing will oversee Orbital Reef operations and maintenance, provide some science modules and use its Starliner spacecraft to ferry astronauts to and from the station. Boeing already has a NASA contract to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) with Starliner, too.
Sierra Space will build expandable Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) modules to serve as living quarters for astronaut crews. Its Dream Chaser space plane (which NASA has tapped for ISS cargo delivery flights) may also fly cargo and crews to the Orbital Reef.
Meanwhile, Redwire Space will develop solar arrays for the commercial space station while Genesis Engineering Solutions will build a single-person spacecraft for personal "spacewalks" outside. Arizona State University will lead a 14-university consortium to provide research advice and outreach.
The initial Orbital Reef station is envisioned to include a core module, LIFE module, science module, Genesis spacecraft and power system, Blue Origin has said.
"Orbital Reef is applying proven approaches to enable a robust business ecosystem in low Earth orbit," said Brent Sherwood, Blue Origin's senior vice president of advanced development programs, in a statement, in which he hailed new partners Amazon and AWS. "We're working with the world's best to reimagine logistics for a commercial mixed-used space business park."
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Scientists Fight to Keep Lidar on the Space Station – Eos
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A controversy is brewing between remote sensing scientists and administrators from NASA and the agencys international partners. The debate centers around how long the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar system will continue to operate from the International Space Station before the system is decommissioned and left to burn up in the atmosphere.
To just burn up a mission thats actually helping solve this problem is bonkers to me.
Since 2019, scientists have used GEDI to discern characteristics of the land below. Among all the instruments in space, GEDIs lasers have the unique ability to penetrate forest canopies and provide information about the height and structure of vegetation. Remote sensing scientists say the system gives them unparalleled opportunities to assess how much carbon forests storea capability that could be critical for curbing climate change. But GEDI is slated to be decommissioned in March 2023, and these opportunities may go with it. The GEDI team is pushing for the projects end date to be extended an additional year.
Laura Duncanson, a remote sensing scientist at the University of Maryland and a member of the GEDI team, points to dire climate projections in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report as clear justification for GEDI to continue operating. To just burn up a mission thats actually helping solve this problem is bonkers to me, she said.
GEDI deputy principal investigator Scott Goetz agrees. Its just the worst possible time to be removing this instrument, he said.
Ralph Dubayah, GEDIs principal investigator, started trying to get a vegetation-penetrating lidar system into space in 1997. NASA canceled the first project he took part ina mission to launch a satellite-based systemafter the engineering team ran into technical problems. A subsequent project aimed to launch two satellites, one carrying lidar and the other carrying radar, which provide complementary information. Budget concerns became the second projects downfall. Dubayah said that he and his colleagues thought, Well, maybe we can put it on the space station. It took two attempts to get NASA to fund the GEDI mission, but in late 2018, the instrument finally launched.
The problems werent over, however. The space stations orbital altitude varies, for example, to avoid debris or to counter its slow fall toward Earth, and high altitudes cause the station to pass over the same parts of Earth repeatedly rather than crisscrossing regions. Dubayah says that after GEDI was installed, the space station cruised to an altitude that prevented the instrument from collecting more than a fraction of the data the team had hoped to get and also affected several other instruments. Dubayah and his colleagues worked with NASA and the agencys partners to adjust the altitude variations, but the process was completed only recently. NASA agreed to extend GEDIs stay on the space station by an additional year (to 2023) to compensate.
With GEDI finally functioning properly, scientists are diving into the data to analyze forest ecosystems. Antonio Ferraz, a remote sensing scientist from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a member of the GEDI team, is looking for links between a forests structural diversity and its ability to store carbon and support diverse life-forms. We need to know where to conserve both carbon and biodiversity, Ferraz said. He hopes to find hot spots that are the best candidates for both.
I understand from a NASA perspective that they have to be a good neighbor and try to preserve goodwill for other instruments and give other instruments chances to get up there, Dubayah said. But with GEDI finally running smoothly, he doesnt think it makes sense to decommission the system next year. Lidar systems are very hard to get into space and hard to keep working, he explained. Here you have one thats workingthats giving you the data youve been waiting for for 25 years. And yet youre going to pull it out. Because of the disruptions, hes not sure GEDIs currently scheduled run will allow researchers to obtain widespread coverage of Earths forests.
Maintaining GEDI will let scientists collect baseline information for countries that committed to halting deforestation during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Duncanson said. Goetz pointed out that without additional time, scientists will miss the opportunity to combine in-depth, localized information from GEDI with broad-spanning data from two radar-carrying satellites that are set to launch next year. Thatd be a travesty, he wrote in an email.
In the last 10 yearsand GEDI has been a huge part of thisweve had a golden age of new modalities of remote sensing.
Ryan Pavlick, a researcher from NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says GEDIs data have become valuable for scientists throughout the remote sensing community. In the last 10 yearsand GEDI has been a huge part of thisweve had a golden age of new modalities of remote sensing, he said. He added that tools and tutorials created by the GEDI team have contributed to widespread use of their data.
It was a game changer for us, said Joo Pereira-Pires, a Ph.D. student at NOVA University of Lisbon whos focusing on remote sensing. Part of Pereira-Piress research involves using GEDIs data to monitor fuel breakscleared strips of forest intended to limit the spread of wildfires.
Keeping GEDI in the sky will require buy-in from NASAs Earth Science Division and, ultimately, its partners in the International Space Station consortium. NASA spokesperson Tylar Greene wrote in an email that GEDI is currently manifested on station through early 2023, and it is scheduled to be replaced by a new experiment (STP-H9). According to a technical report (scientists involved in the project werent available for comment), STP-H9 will include a project on using artificial intelligence to analyze images obtained with a hyperspectral sensor for scientific and defense-related purposes.
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Kansas astronaut Nick Hague returns to state to talk about his time in space – The Hutchinson News
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A young Nick Hague once looked up toward the sky from his hometown in Hoxie, Kansas, and dreamt of visiting the stars and seeing what he could discover.
"Who doesn't grow up in western Kansas and stare up at the night sky?" Hague said. "You can see so much, and you look up, and you're like, hey, I want to figure out what's out there go discover what's unknown."
Hague, who was born in Belleville, but considers Hoxie his home town,visited the Dillon Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 5, at the Hutchinson Sports Arena as the series' 162 speaker.
After the lecture, Hague visited with second-grade students from Plum Creek Elementary School and fifth-grade students from McCandless Elementary School at the Cosmosphere. There, he reviewed a NASA experiment where Hague was directly involved.
Hague said as a child he wanted to become an astronaut, as many other children dream of, but at one point, he began to look at it as a goal.
"There's a difference between a childhood dream and professional ambition," he said.
After finding interest in complicated machinery and STEM education, especially in aeronautics and astronautical engineering, he began to look at becoming an astronaut.
"Then it became a professional ambition because that's what the space business is all about," Hague said.
The road toward becoming an astronaut, Hague said, wasn't easy. He hit multiple bumps, including his first-ever launch ending in aborting the spacecraft and landing safely on the ground.
"Sometimes, it doesn't go the way you expected. Right after the first stage of the launch, we were supposed to throw away the empty fuel tanks," Hague said. "After we tried to throw them, one of those empty tanks hit the rocket and caused it to disintegrate."
Hague and his crewmate, Aleksey Ovchinin from Russia, were traveling at 4,000 miles per hour when the craft began to fall apart. By following procedures, they ejected from the spacecraft.
When he flew back to the United States, Hague recalled when his wife, Caitie Hague, greeted, huggedand reassured him after the successful landing.
"She put her hand on my chest and says, 'don't worry, you'll get another chance,'" Hague said. "Fast forward five months later, it's a nighttime launch this time... It goes off flawless. Six hours later, I docked to the International Space Station, went through the hatch and embraced the crew."
Hague then spent 203 days at the space station as a flight engineer. In the first few days, he said his body had to adjust to the weightlessness of orbit.
In the following seven months, he maintained the ship, completed three spacewalks and conducted experiments with his other crewmates.
What surprised Hague was the diversity of the crew on the space station and all the countries that provided training up until launch.
"Of all the things that I probably shouldn't have been surprised about was how international flying on the International Space Station really is," Hague said. "I spent long periods of time in Houston training, but also Huntsville in Montreal, Canada, in Tokyo, Japan, Cologne, Germany and Star City, Russia."
On the space station, Hague said he and the crewmates would often sit around the ship's dinner table, swapping stories of their families or celebrating a birthday while one of the crewmates played their favorite music.
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While on the space station during expeditions 59 and 60, one of the experiments Hague helped with was growing plants while in zero gravity.
These experiments would help NASA on its mission to find new strategies for longevity during space travel, especially for long flights like a mission to Mars.
In one of their experiments, NASA decided to include two elementary classes from Hutchinson, McCandless Elementary School's sixth-grade students and Plum Creek Elementary School'ssecond-grade students.
The students received two groups of tomato seeds, one that developed on the space station as group P and another that originated on Earth, group N.
The students and their teachers didn't know which group had developed in zero-gravity conditions but treated both groups the same and made predictions about the plants.
"A week after spring break, we all started growing our plants at the same time. Both groups got the same exact sunlight, same exact water, they were both in the same condition," said Hope Yohn, 12, a sixth-grade student at McCandless.
After observing the plants in each group, Hopesaid she and her classmates predicted group P was the group that developed in space. On Tuesday, Hague visited the classes at the Cosmosphere and confirmed Hope'shypothesis.
Hope's classmate, Milo Howard, 12, suspected that the radiation from the sun caused the plants to be less successful during germination.
One of McCandless's sixth-grade teachers, Elizabeth Vieyra, said helping with this experiment was exciting for her class and her students.
"Hope loves space, and Milo wants to be an astronaut, and so the fact that I can offer them that real-life experience that they can hopefully someday use on a resume is amazing to me as their teacher," Vieyra said.
After watching Hague walk through the doors into one of the Cosmosphere's conference rooms, Hope said she felt light-headed from excitement.
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Once Hague finished recounting his story about his expeditions to the space station, he decided to walk into the audience and answer questions from school children and attendees.
Hague said he often speaks with school children and visits their classrooms, even once from the space station through a video call to the sixth-grade class at McCandless and the second-grade class at Plum Creek.
Something he thought essential to share with the younger audience was to "dream big, and be passionate about that dream," Hague said.
He also wanted to appeal to the older audience members, sharing something he learned through his time on the space station.
"The exploration of space has proved over time to be this endeavor that has this immense power to draw people together, to bridge divides in perspective and culture," Hague said.
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