nasa - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg nasa - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Photo Essay: Look Up! Howard University Students Witness Historic Solar Eclipse https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/04/10/photo-essay-look-up-howard-university-students-witness-historic-solar-eclipse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-essay-look-up-howard-university-students-witness-historic-solar-eclipse Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=19431 On April 8, a total solar eclipse swept across parts of North America.  According to NASA, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking the Sun and darkening the day “as if it were dawn or dusk.”  Only part of the sun was blocked in Washington, D.C., as […]

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]]> 19431 Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA is a Politician, Not a Scientist https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2017/10/10/trumps-pick-to-lead-nasa-is-a-politician-not-a-scientist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-pick-to-lead-nasa-is-a-politician-not-a-scientist Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:49:26 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=9908 By: NyJohn Washington, Politics Reporter The White House announced Jim Bridenstine as the president’s choice for the 13th NASA administrator. Bridenstine is a politician currently serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma’s first congressional district. Trump’s nomination is sparking debate due to Bridenstine’s lack of space exploration credentials. On the first day of Donald Trump’s […]

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