NASA COVERAGE OF CREW DRAGON RETURN TO EARTH

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Today, August 1st, NASA begins coverage of NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley home to Earth on Sunday, Aug. 2. 

You can get the schedule of coverage here.

Here are the "Top 10 Things To Know About Their Return".

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NASA'S NEXT MARS MISSION

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Read all about NASA's next mission to Mars.

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SEND YOUR NAME TO MARS!

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NASA is getting ready to launch the Mars Rover Perseverance, its next mission to Mars, this Thursday. Tomorrow I will have details on how to tune in and watch the launch.

10.9 MILLION names are on board the spacecraft, mine included.

You can sign up to send YOUR NAME to Mars with NASA's next Mars mission. Hundreds of thousands have already made their reservations, so add your name to the manifest.

Mars is easily visible in the Eastern sky after midnight and will be getting brighter and brighter in the months ahead. So send in your name and look upon the Red Planet to so where your name will be going.

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LATEST ON JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST)

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Here is the latest on JWST.

JWST AT NASA GODDARD

GREG REDFERN

New launch date has been set for 10/31/21.

Here is the latest on testing of the JWST.

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PROBABLE LAST BLOG ON NEOWISE

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I hope you have been able to see Comet NEOWISE these past few weeks. The best comet for us in the Northern Hemisphere in the past 23 years is headed out to the deep solar system not to return for 6,800 years.

The ever brightening Moon and the steady dimming of the comet will make this weekend your best bet to get a peek with your unaided from DARK SKIES. For urban dwellers the comet should still be visible but requires optimal aid in the form of binoculars and/or a telescope.

Here is an article to help you find NEOWISE and get the latest info.

It has been an absolute JOY to photograph and watch this comet. 

Comet NEOWISE in the morning sky

Greg Redfern

I hope there is another GREAT comet or at least one the caliber of NEOWISE sooner rather than later!

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NEOWISE CLOSEST TO EARTH TODAY 7/23/20 - JOIN LIVE STREAM VIEWING

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Comet NEOWISE 10 PM 7/19/20

Greg Redfern

Comet NEOWISE is closest to our planet today at 64 million miles.

It is visible in the NW sky at about 10 PM and will continue to be higher each night.

Get details on the comet and tune in tonight to see the comet in a LIVE STREAM from historic Lowell Observatory.

Enjoy this visitor from the farthest reaches of our solar system as it will not come this way again for 6,800 years!

Sky Guy in VA

THREE INFORMATIVE ARTICLES ABIOUT THE UNIVERSE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MOON

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We are all spending more time on the 'net due to Covid-19. I am ALWAYS on the lookout for articles that really explain their topics well.

I hit pay dirt today - and so will you - with these three articles. Take the time to read, digest and savor the accurate and enlightening information they provide.

THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE

See NASA UNIVERSE for more information.

CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY

See NASA CLIMATE for more information.

SEEING THE MOON DURING THE DAY

See NASA MOON for more information.

We live on a wonderful planet that is part of an incredible Universe. Humanity must change its ways if it is going to achieve what we are capable of doing. Failure to address climate change and our current state of existence imperils the health of the planet and ultimately ourselves.

Milky Way Panorama Shenandoah National Park

Greg Redfern

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