Tag Archives: NASA

Reminiscences of STS-1

Posted on January 4, 2014 by ST Editors

by David Kaplan Employed at CBS Television for 40 years put me a somewhat privileged position of occasionally being an eyewitness to history. Whether it was working at a national political convention or an inauguration, the Special Events Unit, which … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Blasts Off to Geostationary Orbit

Posted on January 4, 2014 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer, Universe Today & AAAP CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – Commercial space is taking off magnificently in 2013, and I’ve been fortunate to be an up close eyewitness to the hardware and launches in the new … Continue reading →

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NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Soars to Space to Study History of Mars Water

Posted on November 30, 2013 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer:  Universe Today & AAAP KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) space probe thundered to space on Nov. 18, 2013 following a flawless blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on January 6, 2013 by ST Editors

compiled by Michael Wright, Secretary Apollo 17 Celebration Moon Zoo (http://www.moonzoo.org) is celebrating humanity’s final trip to the Moon, Apollo17. They are showing images of the Apollo 17 landing site, taken by NASA’s amazing Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in which the … Continue reading →

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First Ever ISS Sighting & Star Party at AAAP Monthly Meeting

Posted on May 1, 2012 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer April was a great month for overhead viewing of the International Space Station all across the US and in our astronomy club’s hometown of Princeton. Coincidentally, there was an ISS over flight set for the evening … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Begins Year Nine on Mars

Posted on March 6, 2012 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA’s resilient Opportunity robot has begun her ninth year roving around beautiful Earth-like Martian terrain where potentially life sustaining liquid water once flowed billions of years ago. Opportunity celebrated her eighth anniversary on the red planet … Continue reading →

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NASA’s GRAIL Lunar Mapping Twins Achieve New Year’s Orbits

Posted on February 6, 2012 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer Next time you look at the moon consider this: Two new moons recently reached orbit. NASA is ringing in the New Year with a double dose of champagne toasts celebrating the back-to-back insertions into lunar orbit … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Finds Powerful Evidence for Ancient Liquid Water on Mars

Posted on January 3, 2012 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water on ancient Mars. The startling revelation comes in the form of a bright vein of the mineral … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Blasts Off in Search of Signs of Life

Posted on December 7, 2011 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer Curiosity, humankind’s latest quest to find out if we are alone in the universe, soared skyward on Nov. 26 atop a towering inferno. Curiosity is NASA’s newest and biggest robotic surveyor specifically tasked to hunt for … Continue reading →

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GRAIL Twins Launched on Lunar Gravity Mapping Mission

Posted on October 31, 2011 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA renewed its focus on ground breaking science with the deafening Sept. 10 blastoff of a pair of lunar bound probes sailing on a unique path ‘From the Earth to the Moon’, for a truly challenging … Continue reading →

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