The BBC has this video report on the Bonhams Auction (see earlier post) in New York City on March 25th of space memorabilia: Apollo space memorabilia to be auctioned – BBC –
Bright fireball meteor seen over much of the US East Coast
A large bright meteor over the US East Coast on Friday evening got lots of attention:
- Reports about East Coast meteor flood in, setting off a media scramble – Cosmic Log
- Meteor Spotted In DC Area Skies on Friday Evening – wusa9.com
- Eastern USA Fireball March 22, 2013 – American Meteor Society
This video offers three views of the fireball from a parking lot webcam:
Here’s a view from a security camera in Thurmont, MD:
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Meteors happen somewhere over earth at a fairly frequent rate. Fireballs, i.e. meteors brighter than Venus, are also more frequent that many assume. Here are a couple of sites that post daily reports on such events:
- American Meteor Society
- The Latest Worldwide Meteor / Fireball Reports at Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
“Stardust” – a homage to Voyager 1
Satellite image or artwork? Play the game.
Images of earth from space often look both amazingly beautiful and intriguingly abstract. Here’s a fun exercise in trying to tell a set of earth observation images from artworks like those one might see at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) in New York City: NASA or MOMA? Play the Game! Here are some pictures. Were they taken in space, or painted here on Earth? – Megan Garber/The Atlantic
A brief history of the British Interplanetary Society
Kelvin Long provides a historical review of the British Interplanetary Society, one of the oldest space advocacy organizations: The British Interplanetary Society at 80 Years – Centauri Dreams.
He discusses some of the early technical studies put forth by members of the BIS including the BIS Moonship in 1939, the Megaroc man-carrying rocket proposal in 1946, and the Lunar Space-Suit in 1949.
When discussing the BIS, I always like to point out that the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) can be traced back to the American Interplanetary Society. (See AIAA History.)