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Robotic Emissaries to the Stars
Five spacecraft from Earth are currently moving out into the stars. After their operations cease, these spacecraft will continue to coast indefinitely. None of them will come close to any known stars, and it is unlikely they will encounter any … Continue reading
Posted in History, Personal, Science, Space
Tagged Clyde Tombaugh, NASA, New Horizons, Pioneer, Pioneer Plaque, planetary exploration, space science, U.S. Civil Space, Voyager
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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Dreams of Other Worlds”
Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration. By Chris Impey and Holly Henry (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2013). Pp. 450. $35. ISBN: 978-0-691-14753-6. Should scientists write history? Most of the time, I don’t think so. This … Continue reading
Posted in History, Personal, Politics, Science, Space
Tagged Cassini, Chris Impey, Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration, Galileo, Hipparcos, Holly Henry, Magellan, Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, Princeton University Press, Solar and Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO), Spirit, Spitzer Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
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Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015
1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading
Posted in History, Space
Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds
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Redirect: “Voyager 1 Finally Leaves Solar System—for Real This Time”
Science writer Clara Moskowitz has a good article at Scientific American on how Voyager 1 has left the Solar System. Congratulations to the “little spacecraft that could” after 35 years of continuous operations. Check out the story here. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science, Space
Tagged Clara Moskowitz, History, NASA, planetary exploration, science, space science, U.S. Civil Space, Voyager, Voyager 1
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