On this Halloween evening, check out the spooky worlds in the Galaxy of Horrors at JPL’s Eyes-Ranger. Here is a sampling:
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Archive for October, 2016
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Links Through Space hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Oct. 31, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back Maj. Gen. Jim Armor, USAF (Ret), Staff Vice President, Washington Operations […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The ARRL ( American Radio Relay League) recently sponsored the “Moon bounce” EME Contest in which contestants demonstrate “Two-way communications via the earth-moon-earth [EME] path on any authorized amateur frequency above 50 MHz”. One entrant did his Moon bouncing from his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A review by Gerry Harp of SETI Institute radio telescope observations, new technologies, and plans for the coming years: From 2009 through 2015, the SETI Institute used the Allen Telescope Array to observe stars with high probability of hosting exoplanets. Nearby […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is the latest episode of NASA’s weekly Space to Ground report on recent activities related to the Int. Space Station:
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Robert Picardo hosts the latest episode of the Planetary Post program from the Planetary Society:
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The European Space Agency‘s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft went into orbit around Mars successfully last week. However, TGO’s companion on the ExoMars mission, the Schiaparelli lander demonstrator, went permanently silent when it neared the surface of the Red Planet. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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In this video, fly through the International Space Station at the 4k resolution setting for a super high definition tour of the orbital facility:
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Universe Today hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): ESO’s VLT Detects Unexpected Giant Glowing Halos around Distant Quasars An international team of astronomers has discovered glowing gas clouds surrounding distant quasars. This new survey by the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, recently received an award at the Museum of Flight near Seattle and he was interviewed on stage. He talked about plans for Amazon and about his various outside projects including the Blue Origin space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida is holding its annual Charity Auction: The Space Walk of Fame Charity Space Memorabilia Auction takes place on Oct. 29. Don’t miss out on this chance to bid on exciting pieces of aerospace […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest TMRO.tv live program is now available on line: Masten Space Systems XS-1 and MXP-351 – 9.36 – TMRO This week we bring on the CTO of Masten Space Systems, Dave Masten. Dave talks about what has been happening with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Some interesting technology videos: ** Demonstration of a fully autonomous self-driving Tesla: All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware | Tesla ** Urban Aero‘s Cormorant/AirMule vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle is large enough to transport cargo and one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Some miscellaneous items in my requested link queue: If you are thinking about a crowd-funding campaign, check out Plumfund, a “free online crowdfunding and fundraising website”. About Plumfund: Featured on Shark Tank in 2014 with investment from Kevin O’leary Easy to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Another example of citizen scientists contributing to a published scientific finding: Citizen Scientists Discover Potential New Exoplanet Hunting Ground Via a NASA-led citizen science project, eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Two launches highlight the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the Int. Space Station: [ Update Oct.21.2016: Here are videos of the Soyuz with three new crew members docking at the ISS today and then entering the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is an interview with Chris Lewicki, chief of the asteroid mining company Planetary Resources: As Humans venture out far away from the Earth into the solar system, they will need material resources to keep us going. Where do we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is the latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: Highest Resolution Image of Eta Carinae VLT Interferometer captures raging winds in famous massive stellar system An international team of astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope Interferometer to image the Eta Carinae […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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