Tag: Geoscience
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Q&A: NASA Astronaut, UTD Alum
UTD graduate Jim Reilly completed his doctorate in geoscience in 1995. He then went on to join NASA. During his 13 years at the organization and three space missions, Reilly traveled over 14 million miles in space and completed 31 hours of spacewalk time. He is now an instructor for the U.S. Air Force in…
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Course of Nature
John Geissman awoke in his tent at 3:05 a.m. to the excited snarls of an animal near his campsite in the Beartooth Mountains. A human scream turned his blood cold. He grabbed his headlamp before exiting the tent, forcing down an instinctive fear telling him to stay silent, to stay hidden. In the night, the…