Dr. Gladys West, a pioneering mathematician whose work in satellite geodesy was crucial for modern GPS accuracy, has passed ...

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West was inducted into United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 ...

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There.s a chance the UK will see the northern lights, however.

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The Virginia native is credited with her work at the Naval Proving Ground, where she calculated ways to model the ...

West’s genius secured her a position in 1956 at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, then called Naval Proving Ground, where ...

The northern lights may not have been as bright as you expected, but Earth’s atmosphere was still highly active.

US mathematician Gladys West calculated models of the Earth that form the basis for satellite positioning. She was 95 years ...