Carruthers - Wikipedia
Carruthers, sometimes Caruthers, is a Scottish surname and clan, originating from the lands of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire. The place name is derived from the Cumbric elements caer ("fort") and Rhydderch (a personal name perhaps meaning "red ruler"), and so meaning " Rhydderch 's fort", possibly in reference to Riderch I of Alt Clut .
Carruthers Geocorona Observatory - NASA Science
The Carruthers observatory will capture light from Earth’s geocorona, the part of the outer atmosphere that emits ultraviolet light.
Clan Carruthers - Wikipedia
Clan Carruthers is a Lowland Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders headed by their Chief, Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains and is recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. A Clan Chief of Carruthers was confirmed after over 12 years of research and investigation by the official representatives of Carruthers internationally; Clan ...
George Robert Carruthers - Wikipedia
George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) [1] [2] was an American space physicist and engineer. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972.
George Carruthers - Inventions, NASA & Facts - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Scientist George Carruthers created inventions, such as the ultraviolet camera, or spectrograph, which was used by NASA in the 1972 Apollo 16 flight, revealing the mysteries of space and the...
Carruthers Geocorona Observatory - NASA Blogs
2024年3月29日 · Carruthers is a small satellite (SmallSat) and once in orbit at Lagrange Point 1 (L1), the observatory will use an advanced UV imager to observe the exosphere — the outermost part of the atmosphere — to determine how it changes in response to space weather caused by the Sun. Carruthers is expected to be the first SmallSat to operate at L1 ...
George Robert Carruthers: Astronautical Engineer and Astronomer
2021年1月8日 · Astronautical engineer and astronomer George Robert Carruthers, a name well-known and dearly regarded in the space science community, and a good friend of the National Air and Space Museum, passed away on Saturday, December 26 after a long illness.
NASA Names Mission in Honor of Dr. George R. Carruthers, …
2022年12月2日 · Dr. George R. Carruthers (1939-2020) was a visionary scientist, inventor, engineer, and educator. Today, he becomes the namesake of a new NASA mission. Carruthers’ family and friends gathered with leaders from the mission’s participating institutions to officially name the mission the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory in honor of Dr. Carruthers.
CLAN CARRUTHERS – Clan Chief PETER CARRUTHERS of …
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Carruthers served in Egypt and in the Boar War and was Assistant director at the War Office from 1915-1919. He was a Brigadier in the Royal Company of Archers (the monarch’s bodyguard in Scotland) and Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries.
Clan Carruthers: The Origins of the Name and Family of Carruthers.
2019年8月24日 · Firstly Carruthers is a Scottish clan and family. It is not Norse from Gutland, nor are we royalty nor Irish in ancestry. We are simply a Scottish Border Clan and Family, whose past can be dated to approximately 500AD, and an ancient Brythonic fort …