Before electronic computers became the backbone of modern science, complex aerospace calculations were done by hand, painstakingly and with extreme precision. Among the people performing this critical work was Annie Easley, a mathematician who began her career in the 1950s as a ‘human computer’. Working at a time when both technology and opportunity were limited,…

NASA has announced the crew assignments for its SpaceX Crew-13 mission, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-September to the International Space Station. The mission brings together astronauts and cosmonauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos for a long-duration scientific expedition in low Earth orbit. The four-member team will join Expedition…