Category Archives: General

RocketSTEM magazine April issue dedicated to Hubble Space Telescope

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I’ve mentioned here a couple of times (see here and here) the RocketSTEM non-profit organization and their free online magazine. The magazine is

geared towards teachers, students and parents as well. The publication blends space history – past, present and future – with interviews, career paths, astronomy lessons, aerospace and astronomy news, museum features, NASA technology spinoffs, puzzles, games, quizzes, lesson plans and other educational resources, along with easy-to-follow explanations of the mathematics and physics of all things to do with aerospace and space travel.

The 11th issue of the magazine just came out: Issue #11 • April 2015 – RocketSTEM

our supersize collector’s issue of RocketSTEM devoted 100% to the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope observing the Universe from Earth’s orbit.

Table of Contents:

Showing humanity the Universe For 25 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has been peering outward.
Hubble’s greatest discoveries Ground-breaking discoveries made possible by Hubble.
Edwin P. Hubble The man behind the name of the space telescope.
How they do it Processing B&W images from Hubble into stunning full-color.
Making house calls Quick glance at the first four servicing missions.
Last visit to Hubble The mission that almost never happened, STS-125.

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Astronomy, General, SpaceCasts

TMRO Space Pods: Mice & seeds on the ISS, India’s human spaceflight program, Our Milky Way home

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More Space Pod short video reports from TMRO.tv:

* Mousetronauts and Growing Seeds in Microgravity – Space Pod 04/22/15 – “Lisa Stojanovski discusses the different experiments that will performed on mice at the International Space Station as well as plant growth experiments.”

* India’s Human Spaceflight Program – Space Pod 04/21/15 – “Michael Clark talks about India’s human spaceflight program and the rockets that will enable them.”

* Living in the Galactic ‘Burbs – Space Pod 04/20/15 – “Ariel Waldman chats about our home in the Milky Way galaxy and displays her #spacehipster pride in explaining why the Spitzer Space Telescope is awesome.”

Activism, General, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Apr.20.2015

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The guests and topics of discusion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, April 20, 2015: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT; 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome DR. DONALD RAPP to discuss the use of indigenous resources on Mars to reduce the cost of a human mission to Mars and Climate Change from the perspective of those who do not start out with preconceived belief systems, but examine the data (which are fragmentary and noisy) honestly.

2. Tuesday, April 21,, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CDT): We welcome Thomas Marotta who as a space advocate attended this year’s March Storm. Tom will report on the event.

3. Friday, April 24, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30-1 PM CDT): We welcome DR. GUILLEM ANGLADA from the UK to report on GJ581d per our recent Space Show discussion of this object..

WEBINAR AND SPECIAL TIME: 4. Sunday, April 26, 2015: 1-3 PM PDT (4-6 PM EDT, 3-5PM CDT): We welcome DR. JOHN JURIST to this listener requested webinar on selecting the right rocket, engine, and fuel for a mission. Dr. Jurist will explain how this is done, the type of trades and issues to consider. Dr. Jurist will have supporting documents for us which I will upload to The Space Show blog on Saturday before the webinar. You can listen to the webinar with audio only as you can any Space Show program. You can watch the webinar on our Space Show UStream site, www.ustream.tv/channel/the-space-show. The video will be archived on our Space Show Vimeo site.

See also:
/– The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
/– The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
/– The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.