
Locally Designed NASA Spacecraft to Study Solar Flares
Clip: 12/29/2020 | 6m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Meet a local engineer who designed a spacecraft to better understand solar flares.
We speak with Lara Waldrop, a local engineer who designed a spacecraft to better understand solar flares that can disrupt Earth’s communications systems.
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Locally Designed NASA Spacecraft to Study Solar Flares
Clip: 12/29/2020 | 6m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
We speak with Lara Waldrop, a local engineer who designed a spacecraft to better understand solar flares that can disrupt Earth’s communications systems.
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