Dr. George R. Carruthers, an African American physicist and inventor, was granted a patent for the Image Converter, a device that helped detect electromagnetic radiation in short wavelengths—particularly ultraviolet light. This invention played a key role in space-based astronomical research and was later used during NASA’s Apollo 16 mission in 1972 to capture the first images of Earth’s outermost atmosphere.
Carruthers’ work significantly advanced space science and astrophysics, making him a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy.
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