Terry Himes on Landing the Perseverance Rover & What s Next for NASA hourdetroit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hourdetroit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Adams County Girl Scouts Service Unit placed flags in Locust Grove Cemetery, in Peebles, and West Union Cemetery. Pictured in no particular order: Kylie Parker, Bella Donaldson, Adriana Littleton, Makayla Nickerson, Zaylee McClanahan, McKenslee Cooper, McKarlee Cooper, Ella Boling and Kayleigh Littleton. (Provided photo)
An annual Memorial Day tradition is the placing of American flags on the graves of deceased veterans. (Photo by Mark Carpenter)
Almost lost to time, the letters of this stone are faded and eaten away. By its side, as the only indicator of service, a flag proudly stands.
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As Memorial Day draws near, members of the community and communal entities show their respect for our fallen heroes.
Meet the Spartan who helped NASA go to Mars (again)
As a high school student, Terry Himes dreamed of exploring space. Today, the Spartan who graduated in 1975 from Michigan State University’s College of Engineering is living his dream.
“Just today, I was building the relay commands for Mars 2020, but also Curiosity and InSight,” says Himes, a spacecraft and software engineer for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA’s Perseverance rover arrived on Mars, landing safely on Feb. 18, joining the missions Himes references. The InSight lander touched down on Mars in 2018, and Curiosity is a rover that’s clocked more than 3,000 Martian days on the red planet.
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A Michigan native was part of the team that helped NASA s Perseverance rover touchdown on Mars last week. Terry Himes grew up in Grand Ledge and has had a love for science since he was a kid.
According to Fox News, Himes is an engineer at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His role in the recent mission included relay systems, which collects data. This isn t the first mission he s helped with, he s been involved in thirty others, as well.
Every event like this is incredibly exciting. The anticipation is huge because you work on these missions for many, many, many years.