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The Keeling Curve, December 2014
Society: ACS Main Category: Chemical Sub Category: Frontiers of Knowledge Era: 1950s DateCreated: 1950-1969 Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California La Jolla State: CA Zip: Country: USA Website: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/keeling-curve.html Creator: Keeling, Charles David

Charles David Keeling of Scripps Institution of Oceanography was the leading authority in establishing the global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) record. In 1958, Keeling began measuring atmospheric CO2 con­centrations from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory. Using rigorous analytical procedures, he revealed new information about natural and man-caused carbon trends.

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Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches
Society: IEEE Main Category: Electric Sub Category: Era: 1950-1959 DateCreated: 1950-1969 Kennedy Space Center Brevard County State: FL Zip: 32899 Country: USA Website: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Technology_for_Space_Rocket_Launches,_1950-1969 Creator:

The demonstrated success in space flight is the result of electronic technology developed at Cape Canaveral, the J. F. Kennedy Space Center, and other sites. A wide variety of advances in radar tracking, data telemetry, instrumentation, space-to-ground communications, on-board guidance, and real-time computation were employed to support the U.S. space program. These and other electronic developments provided infrastructure necessary for the successful landing of men on the moon in July 1969 and their safe return to earth.

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2001
Image Credit: Courtesy Wikipedia/NASA Image Caption: A culmination of research in radar tracking, data telemetry, instrumentation, space-to-ground communications, on-board guidance, and real-time computation: the 1969 moon landing. Era_date_from: 1950
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Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches

The demonstrated success in space flight is the result of electronic technology developed at Cape Canaveral, the J. F. Kennedy Space Center, and other sites. A wide variety of advances in radar tracking, data telemetry, instrumentation, space-to-ground communications, on-board guidance, and real…

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The Keeling Curve, December 2014

Charles David Keeling of Scripps Institution of Oceanography was the leading authority in establishing the global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) record. In 1958, Keeling began measuring atmospheric CO2 con­centrations from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory. Using rigorous analytical procedures,…

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