'The Jupiter People,' Time magazine, 10 February 1958. Franklin Chang Diaz was born April 5, 1950, in Costa Rica. He is of Chinese and Costa Rican Spanish descent. Diaz created improved versions of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). He created, imagined, and innovated to overcome challenges. He also illuminated by changing the world’s view on rocket engines and by improving Latin America’s technology. Franklin Chang Diaz’s Variable Specific Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR)
The Civil Rights Era was a time of great movements that fought for the equality of all. Minorities of every ethnic background took part in protests and raising awareness about racial discrimination is education, the workplace, and public services. While most remember the civil rights movements of African Americans led by Martin Luther King Jr. and other influential African American historical figures, Mexican Americans were also fighting for equality in their communities. The Chicano movement empowered
Works Cited Incomplete Sputnik: The Satellite That Inspired Generations Introduction In 1950, a group of American and European scientists decided to establish a worldwide program to promote research and understanding of the world around them. They decided that July 1957 to December 1958 would be called the International Geophysical Year, or IGY. They hoped that drawing attention to geophysical matters would stimulate new projects and inventions, and increase the knowledge the world had of