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Von Kármán

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[von kahr-mahn, -muhn] / vɒn ˈkɑr mɑn, -mən /

noun

  1. Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.


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The rover has now driven just over 1,000 meters since it arrived three years ago on the moon’s far side, in Von Kármán crater, as part of the Chang’e-4 mission.

From New York Times Jan. 7, 2022

The spacecraft landed in the Von Kármán crater in January, marking the first time a probe has ever visited the Moon’s far side.

From Nature May 14, 2019

The spacecraft’s purported landing locale is Von Kármán, a lunar impact crater situated within an even larger impact crater called South Pole-Aitken basin on the lunar farside.

From Scientific American Dec. 21, 2018

When Von Kármán and others founded JPL in 1944 to develop rocket technology, Qian was given a security clearance and brought on to work on classified weapons research.

From Science Magazine Mar. 14, 2018

Once they began to meet, the members of the Von Kármán Committee realized that they all agreed on at least one thing: the global observations initiated in the IGY would have to continue indefinitely.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2013

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