# @howard1867 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2021-02-02T19:32:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Howard University (@howard1867) — https://gondola.cc/howard1867

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Howard University kicks of #BHM with George Carruthers! He was an Inventor, Physicist, Space Scientist, Astrophysicist, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer and Associate Professor at #HowardUniversity.
 
Born on 1 October 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carruthers developed an early interest in science and by the time he was 10 had built his own telescope from cardboard tubing and mail-order lenses.
 
He invented the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph that accompanied the Apollo 16 mission which allowed researchers for the first time to examine enormous expenses for concentrations of pollutants in the Earth's atmosphere.
 
Credited with helping to introduce electronic telescopes on board NASA satellites that transform light into electrical signals which are relayed to Earth and televised. Most of his career was in rocket astronomy at the Naval Research Laboratory. 
 
He was committed to promoting science and technology to young people, particularly African Americans, by visiting primary and secondary schools in the Washington, DC, area.
 
Some of his many awards and honors include:
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama (2012)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame induction (2003)
- Black Engineer of the Year (1987)
- The Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1973)
- The Exceptional Achievement Scientific Award from NASA in (1972)
- The Arthur S. Flemming Award (1970)
 
📷: US Naval Research Laboratory via @PhysicsToday
📷: @pocsquared

Sources: @physicstoday @washingtonpost

#science #aeronautics #engineering #physics #inventors #nasa #howardblackhistory

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