Today in History - September 27, 2003 - The first European mission to the moon was launched aboard an Ariane-5 rocket carrying the SMART-1 exploration probe, along with two commercial satellites. It took 15 months to reach lunar orbit, covered over 60 million miles with only 13 gallons of fuel. After being captured by […]

In honor of National Manufacturing Week, the Engineering Pathway highlights Manufacturing Engineering Education in September. Check out our Manufacturing Engineering Education Disciplinary Community and related manufacturing engineering educational resources, such as NIST’s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) or the Manufacturing Video Library.

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Today in History - September 19, 1982 - Invention of the Smiley Face emoticon by Scott E. Fahlman.
Scott Fahlman has authored the following blog in honor of Smiley’s birthday for the Engineering Pathway.

Today in History - September 19, 1982 - Invention of the Smiley Face emoticon by Scott E. Fahlman. A lot of people […]

WGBH Teachers Domain in partnership with NSDL hosted a meeting of 17 leaders in education from 14 states in Boston to discuss educational issues that included best practices and models for professional development, online resources for teaching, educational technology, and effective methods for teaching science. Participants learned about the rich media resources found […]

Today in History - September 14, 1959 - In 1959, a spaceship fell out of the lunar sky and hit the ground near the Sea of Serenity. Although the ship itself was shattered, the mission was considered a success, making Luna 2 from the Soviet Union the first manmade object to “land” on the […]