George Carruthers was an African American physicist and inventor best known for creating the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph used during the Apollo 16 mission, which captured the first images of Earth’s atmosphere from space. His groundbreaking work in space science and ultraviolet astronomy expanded our understanding of space radiation and inspired future generations of Black scientists and engineers. | Black ExcelList
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During his career at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Dr. George Carruthers invented the first Moon-based astronomy observatory, which was placed by Apollo 16 astronauts on the lunar surface. Only four of these cameras were made. One is on the Moon and one is here at Space Center Houston. To learn more about the Far Ultraviolet Electrographic Camera, Dr. Carruthers, and the exhibit: https://spacecenter.org/remembering-dr-george-carruthers/ | Space Center Houston
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George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an American space physicist and engineer who made groundbreaking contributions to space exploration. Carruthers perfected a compact, powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA's Apollo 16 mission in 1972. ———📚📕✊🏽 📙 ———— Visit our Black History Book Storehttps://rebrand.ly/FBBookShop ————————— His innovations earned him induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2003, and in 2011, he received the National Med
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