Monthly Archives: August 2014

General, Rockets, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO/Spacevidcast 7.24 – The Electron Rocket

The latest TMRO/Spacevidcast show is in the archive: The Electron Rocket – TMRO –

We are joined live by Rocket Labs USA Founder and CEO Peter Beck to talk about their Electron Rocket and what Rocket Labs is doing over in New Zealand.

In Space News we have: Rosetta reaches 67P, AsiaSat 8 Launches on a Falcon 9, SpaceX sets Brownsville as its new commercial launch site, ULA will likely get their RD-180 engines, a new view of the LDSD, ATK’s 5 segment Solid Rocket Booster and Orion sets a launch date.

DIY space, Events, Space participation

ISEE-3 lunar fly-by livecast today

Don’t forget that the ISEE-3 Reboot Project will be hosting a livecast today of the lunar fly-by starting at 10:30 am PDT (1:30 am EDT) . The event will be webcast from McMoon’s at NASA’s Ames Research Center. (See earlier posting.)

In the meantime, check out the interactive SpacecraftForAll.com site created by Google to illustrate the of the ISEE-3 spacecraft’s history and its route through the Earth-Moon system.

ISEE-3SpaceCraftLive

 

Update: Here is the recorded video of the livecast event:

Astronomy, Meteors, Space Radio

Seeing and listening to Perseid meteors

The 2014 Perseid meteor shower will be peaking between today and Wednesday. Here is some advice on observing them: Perseid Meteor Shower: How to See August’s ‘Shooting Stars’ – Space.com’.

The International Meteor Organization offers citizen scientists a way to participate in monitoring the event : Perseids 2014: visual data quicklook.

You can also listen to meteors via the radio signals they generate : Build Your Own Radio Telescope to Listen to Meteors – Science Friday.

Here’s a project on building your own radio telescope:

Find more amateur radio astronomy resources in the HobbySpace Space Radio section.

General

Carnival of Space #366 – CosmoQuest Blog

The CosmoQuest Blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

Space Music

Saint Janus – space rock “with psybient and psychill elements”

Janus Christian Skov, aka Saint Janus,  points me to his “spacey electronica” music: ℗ Saint Janus

His latest album is Spiritale:

Spiritale mini album is his first release on Avatar, and comes after his fantastic ‘Beyone Our Culture’ from last year. The music of Saint Janus combines elements of progressive rocket and progressive psychedelic space rock, while at the same time projects a euphoric relaxed atmosphere with psybient and psychill elements.

Find samples of his music at Saint Janus – YouTube –

Saint Janus – Spiritale EP Teaser:

http://youtu.be/EA5Mb9XruwQ

 

DJ Saint Janus – Progressive Trance Mix: