November 11, 2023: This morning the thin crescent moon is near Spica. Mars nears its solar conjunction.
Tag: NASA
2021, December 18: James Webb Space Telescope Launch
December 18, 2021: This is the anticipated launch date of the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sophisticated space telescope view the universe.
2019, July 20: Apollo 11, 50 Years Later
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND
NASA JPL News: Teachable Moment: Watching This Month’s Total Lunar Eclipse
From NASA/JPL A full moon is always a good reason to go outside and turn your head toward the sky, but those who do so early on January 31 will be treated to the sight of a total lunar eclipse. It’s the only total lunar eclipse visible from North America in 2018, so it’s a great … Continue reading NASA JPL News: Teachable Moment: Watching This Month’s Total Lunar Eclipse
Colorado Snow Study, Surprising Results: NASA News Dust on Snow Controls Springtime River Rise in West
A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the amount of dust on the mountain snowpack controls how fast the Colorado Basin's rivers rise in the spring regardless of air temperature, with more dust correlated … Continue reading Colorado Snow Study, Surprising Results: NASA News Dust on Snow Controls Springtime River Rise in West
NASA Honors Its Fallen Heroes, Marks 15th Anniversary of Columbia Accident
NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, during the agency's annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 25. NASA acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and other agency senior … Continue reading NASA Honors Its Fallen Heroes, Marks 15th Anniversary of Columbia Accident
NASA News: Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere
Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet. This biggest type of phenomenon in the environment of modern Mars could be examined as never before possible, using the combination of spacecraft now at Mars. A study published this … Continue reading NASA News: Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere
NASA News: Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_3uXXoWIk Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast. The date was Jan. 31, 1958. NASA had yet to be formed, and the honor of this first flight belonged to the … Continue reading NASA News: Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science