Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Meteor Research Program"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007431, Whipple, Fred L (Fred Lawrence) 1906-2004, Fred Lawrence Whipple Papers, circa 1927-1983
- Date: 1927 1927-1983 circa 1927-1983
- Creator: Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Stellar Evolution: A Journey with Chandra
- Date: April 25, 2012
- Description: The Chandra X-ray Observatory explains the origins of recently added image of stellar evolution to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons stream.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000393, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Research, Records, 1985-1987, with related records from 1974 to 1987
- Date: 1974 1974-1987 1985-1987, with related records from 1974 to 1987
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
Regents Elect Charles Greeley Abbot as Fifth Secretary | Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
Records First US Photograph of Russian Satellite "Sputnik" | Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
"If you feed them, they will come."
- Date: May 23, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Operation Moonwatch created an international network of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer sky-watchers of both genders and from every walk-of-life. These citizen-scientists joined professional astronomers to track and report on satellites travelling through the night sky. Food and location played a role in keeping volunteers engaged with Operation Moonwatch.
100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History
- Date: January 6, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women's careers. She was likely inspired to support
- Blog Post
What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers
- Date: December 3, 2019
- Description: We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. T89081, Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Grants, Research Foundation Records, 1966-1978
- Date: 1966 1966-1978
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Grants
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States for continuing ethnological researches on the American Indians," approved April 10, 1928, and for other purposes
- Date: 1950 08/22/1949
- Creator: 81st Congress, Sess. 1, 1949
- Creator: 81st Congress, Sess. 1, 1949
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1956-1975
- Date: 1956 1956-1975
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Moonwatch Division
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 88-116, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Research, Subject Files, 1967-1987
- Date: 1967 1967-1987
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives