Hey Space Placers!
Check out these pictures from the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft exploring the asteroid known as Ryugu.
Pretty Amazing.
Sky Guy in VA
A personal daily comment on astronomy along with space missions, NASA, observing and lots more.
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
UPDATE ON MERCURY
Hey Space Placers!
Back in the USA and getting over jet lag.
Read the latest on planet Mercury.
Sky Guy in VA
Back in the USA and getting over jet lag.
Read the latest on planet Mercury.
Sky Guy in VA
Monday, September 24, 2018
POLITICO INTERVIEW W/ NASA PLANETARY DEFENSE OFFICER
Hey Space Placers!
Happy Fall.
Here is a good article from Politico regarding NASA's Planetary Defense Office.
Remember, the dinosaurs are dead because they didn't have telescopes or a space program.
Sky Guy in Japan
Happy Fall.
Here is a good article from Politico regarding NASA's Planetary Defense Office.
Remember, the dinosaurs are dead because they didn't have telescopes or a space program.
Sky Guy in Japan
Friday, September 21, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
FIRST LIGHT WITH TESS
Hey Space Placers!
Look at the first image taken by NASA's new exoplanet hunter - TESS.
I LOVE the first light image that shows the Large Magellanic Cloud! One of my fave places in the sky and Universe........
Learn more about TESS......
I look forward to the worlds that TESS will discover......
Sky Guy in VA
Look at the first image taken by NASA's new exoplanet hunter - TESS.
Credits: NASA/MIT/TESS
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I LOVE the first light image that shows the Large Magellanic Cloud! One of my fave places in the sky and Universe........
Learn more about TESS......
I look forward to the worlds that TESS will discover......
Sky Guy in VA
Sunday, September 16, 2018
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SUNSPOT SOLAR OBSERVATORY
Hey Space Placers!
Here is the official statement from Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA, http://www.aura-astronomy.org) regarding the "X-File" - my term not theirs - regarding the solar observatory closure that I blogged on recently.
The matter appears to be a law enforcement related matter.....
Sorry, no aliens or Roswell unfortunately. Crime even strikes the science of astronomy....
Sky Guy in the Aleutians
Here is the official statement from Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA, http://www.aura-astronomy.org) regarding the "X-File" - my term not theirs - regarding the solar observatory closure that I blogged on recently.
The matter appears to be a law enforcement related matter.....
Sorry, no aliens or Roswell unfortunately. Crime even strikes the science of astronomy....
Sky Guy in the Aleutians
Saturday, September 15, 2018
WHO DID IT?
Hey Space Placers!
Well, now we have a "who did it" aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Someone, somewhere, drilled a HOLE in a Russian spacecraft.
Some Russians are blaming the onboard American astronauts - wow.
Who knows if this will ever be solved.
Sky Guy in VA
Well, now we have a "who did it" aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Someone, somewhere, drilled a HOLE in a Russian spacecraft.
Some Russians are blaming the onboard American astronauts - wow.
Who knows if this will ever be solved.
Sky Guy in VA
Friday, September 14, 2018
WHAT THE.......
Hey Space Placers!
Is it an X-File out in New Mexico at a solar observatory?
This is VERY strange.......
Sky Guy Greg at Sea
Is it an X-File out in New Mexico at a solar observatory?
This is VERY strange.......
Sky Guy Greg at Sea
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
ALASKA AURORA AND STEVE
Hey Space Placers!
Please click on this link to see more of this morning's (9/11/18) pics of Aurora off the coast of Seward, AK underway on Windstar Cruises' Star Legend.
The purple ribbon is not an Aurora but a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) event.
Hoping for more tonight.......
Sky Guy at Sea in AK
Please click on this link to see more of this morning's (9/11/18) pics of Aurora off the coast of Seward, AK underway on Windstar Cruises' Star Legend.
Aurora & STEVE this am aboard Star Legend. |
The purple ribbon is not an Aurora but a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) event.
Hoping for more tonight.......
Sky Guy at Sea in AK
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Friday, September 7, 2018
VIEW CURIOSITY ON MARS, STILL NO SIGNAL FROM OPPY
Hey Space Placers!
Here's an INCREDIBLE 360 video (make sure you scroll around the video to see everything) that shows Curiosity and Mars.
Pretty amazing.......
Still no word from Opportunity. NASA is still listening for a signal and continues to send a signal.
Sky Guy in VA
Here's an INCREDIBLE 360 video (make sure you scroll around the video to see everything) that shows Curiosity and Mars.
Pretty amazing.......
Still no word from Opportunity. NASA is still listening for a signal and continues to send a signal.
Sky Guy in VA
Thursday, September 6, 2018
UPDATES ON ORION & GATEWAY
Hey Space Placers!
Here are two updates from very in the know people about NASA's Orion Crewed spacecraft and the lunar Gateway.
Read them to get a very comprehensive understanding of these integrated NASA programs.
ORION UPDATE by former astronaut and friend Tom Jones
GATEWAY UPDATE by Jason Davis
The long pole in the tent for all of this is the successful launch and flight in 2020 of the uncrewed EM-1. If that doesn't happen on schedule and successfully all of the foregoing will be affected.
It's time to go SOMEWHERE OUT THERE........
Sky Guy in VA
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Here are two updates from very in the know people about NASA's Orion Crewed spacecraft and the lunar Gateway.
Read them to get a very comprehensive understanding of these integrated NASA programs.
ORION UPDATE by former astronaut and friend Tom Jones
NASA EM-1 Spacecraft Credit: Aerospace America |
THE GATEWAY (UPDATED SEPT. 2018)
At the completion of Orion’s first visit in 2024, the Gateway will consist of the three right-most modules in this artist’s concept: the power and propulsion module (far right, with solar arrays), ESPRIT (covered in gold insulation), and the U.S. utilization module (with robotic arm).
CREDIT: NASA IMAGE; Planetary Society caption
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The long pole in the tent for all of this is the successful launch and flight in 2020 of the uncrewed EM-1. If that doesn't happen on schedule and successfully all of the foregoing will be affected.
It's time to go SOMEWHERE OUT THERE........
Sky Guy in VA
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
NASA AERONAUTICS VIDEO
Hey Space Placers!
NASA's 60th anniversary is fast approaching.
See this great video about Aeronautics and NASA .
Sky Guy in VA
NASA's 60th anniversary is fast approaching.
See this great video about Aeronautics and NASA .
Sky Guy in VA
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
INSIGHT ON MARS
Hey Space Placers!
Hope everyone in the U.S. had a GREAT & SAFE Labor Day.
I was off the grid for a few days but we are spooling back up today.
Get more "InSight" here.
Sky Guy in VA
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Hope everyone in the U.S. had a GREAT & SAFE Labor Day.
I was off the grid for a few days but we are spooling back up today.
NASA's InSight Mars lander will carry a unique instrument capable of measuring heat flowing out of the planet. That could shed light on how Mars' massive mountains -- which eclipse Mt. Everest here on Earth -- first formed.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Get more "InSight" here.
Sky Guy in VA
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