Meet George Edward Alcorn! 🧡 George Alcorn is a pioneering physicist and engineer noted for his aerospace and semiconductor inventions. His x-ray imaging spectrometer, patented during his career at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), allowed for the detection of radio signatures at a more distant and accurate rate than previously possible and influenced the continued evolution of imaging devices. Alcorn's devices and their descendants have been used to conduct planetary mapping, search for new planets, create star charts to reveal motions of systems, and examine deep space phenomena. #science#blackscientist#physics#xrays#inventions#blackinventors#blackscientists#stem#stemactivities#blackhistory#blackinfluencers#science#technology#art#culture#sciencelab#studyscience#stemeducation#scienceexperiments#sciencefacts#blackleaders#space#science