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Looking Skyward: Wolfe Disks and an Honor For A Trailblazing Woman at NASA

CAI | By John Basile
Published June 9, 2020 at 9:07 AM EDT
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Nancy Grace Roman explains a model of the Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory to astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 1965.
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In this edition of Looking Skyward, WCAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson, the director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket.

They discuss wolfe disks and an honor for a trailblazer at NASA.  

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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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