June 19, 2013
Allison Towner
My name is Allison Towner, and I am the University of Arizona
Astronomy Club President for the year 2012. I’m a Senior Physics and
Astronomy double-major, with a minor in Middle Eastern and North
African Studies. I work as a telescope operator for Steward’s 21″
Raymond White telescope located here on campus, and also as a grader
for some of the Astronomy Department’s NATS courses. I also work in
the Steward Observatory Radio Astronomy Lab (SORAL) for Dr.
Christopher Walker, working on several terahertz-receiver projects
(see http://soral.as.arizona.edu/
http://soral.as.arizona.edu/
currently conducting research on the inflow rate of gas from the
spiral arms of the Milky Way to the bulge through Clump 1 and Clump 2.
Finally, I am involved in both of the Astronomy Club’s research
projects (the transiting hot Jupiter TrES-3b and our radio Planck
Early Cold Core project).
Outside of astronomy, I enjoy hiking, photography, travel, reading
(just about anything, although at the moment I’m working through
classic and canonical sci-fi), and hapkido.
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First American Woman in Space
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched on mission STS-7. As one of the three mission specialists on the STS-7 mission, she played a vital role in helping the crew deploy communications satellites, conduct experiments and make use of the first Shuttle Pallet Satellite. In this image, Dr. Ride sits in the aft flight deck mission specialist's seat during deorbit preparations. › Read more about Sally Ride's historic flight. Image Credit: NASA
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On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched on mission STS-7. As one of the three mission specialists on the STS-7 mission, she played a vital role in helping the crew deploy communications satellites, conduct experiments and make use of the first Shuttle Pallet Satellite. In this image, Dr. Ride sits in the aft flight deck mission specialist's seat during deorbit preparations. › Read more about Sally Ride's historic flight. Image Credit: NASA
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