Description: Retired geologist Dr. Ursula B. Marvin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, studied lunar samples from the Apollo missions, and meteorites around the world. She has both an asteroid and a mountain ridge in the Antarctic ice named after her. #Groundbreaker
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently acquired the papers of Ursula Marvin, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory geologist who has studied meteorites and lunar samples.
Description: Cue the music! We invite you to our third "She Blinded Me with Science" Women in Science Wikipdia Edit-a-thon III. An invitation to the Archive's 3rd Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Women in Science, March 27, 2015.
Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.