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Videos: September 2019 night sky highlights

Here is the NASA JPL What’s Up report for the coming month:

** The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute‘s Tonight’s Sky preview for September:

Update: What’s in the Night Sky September 2019 – Alyn Wallace

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Archaeology from Space:
How the Future Shapes Our Past

Carnival of Space #625 & #626 – Citizen Science & NextBigFuture

The Citizen Science blog hosts the Carnival of Space #625. And NextBigFuture.com hosts the Carnival of Space #626.

The Moon as seen by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. “This image sequence shows how longer exposure, ranging from two to 128 months (10.7 years), improved the view.” Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration via Universe Today and the Carnival of Space.

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions – Stephen Hawking

Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – Aug.30.2019

Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Researching Regolith on the International Space Station

** Views of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station – August 29, 2019

** SpaceX Dragon undocking – August 27, 2019

** NASA in Silicon Valley Live: Space Robots

Robots + astronauts = a match made in space exploration 🤖👩‍🚀! Join us at 7 p.m. EDT for a new episode of NASA in Silicon Valley Live to hear our experts explain how we design & build robots to work with humans in space

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Outpost in Orbit:
A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

Space policy roundup – Aug.30.2019

A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Tue, 08/27/2019Dr. Jeff Foust talked about “Multiple timely and current events in the private, commercial and public space sectors. Our discussion topics reflected the excitement in today’s growing space industry”.

** The Space Show – Sun, 08/25/2019John Bucknell discussed “Nuclear thermal propulsion, chemical propulsion, space solar power (SSP), the commercial case for SSP and more”.

** Do we need a Global Space Agency?  – TMRO

We chat to Kathy Laurini, Chair of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group, about how space agencies can work together to help humanity explore space, and how collaboration leads to better ideas and better missions.

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Safe Is Not an Option

A (spacey) music break

A selection of music videos having nothing whatsoever to do with spaceflight but they do use spacey words in the titles and if nothing else I like the music:

** Planets – Joseph

** The Secret Kissing of the Sun and Moon – Hang Massive

** Bright Stars Burning – Hey Marseilles

** Clair de Lune – Debussy

** Dance On The Moon – Aurora

** Rising for the Moon – Sandy Denny

** Age Of The Fifth Sun – God Is An Astronaut

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Shoot for the Moon:
The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11