A couple of space arts items:

* The Art of Space Photography — Vantage — Medium – An interview with astrophotographer André van der Hoeven about the field and his techniques. Includes many wonderful images. Here is a video compilation that he has made:

* Project Juno – Arts Theatre – This “is a one woman show about Helen Sharman’s remarkable story of becoming the First Briton in Space”. The show will be performed by Rachael Halliwell at the Harrogate Theatre in Yorkshire, England on Dec.3-5.

Helen Sharman won a competition to travel to the Russian Mir space station in 1991.

Here is a short video interview with Sharman:

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Nov.30.15

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

1. Monday, Nov. 30, 2015: 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST; 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back Dr. LINDA SPILKER, Cassini Scientist at JPL. We will be discussing the latest news from Saturn and the vicinity.

2. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome TIMOTHY SANDEFUR, ATTY regarding his recent article in The Claremont Review, “The Politics of Star Trek.” You can download and read it at www.claremont.org/crb/article/the-politics-of-star-trek/.

3. Friday, Dec. 4, 2015; 9:30 -11 AM PST (12:30-2 PM EST; 11:30-1 PM CST) No show due to physical therapy.

4. Sunday, Dec. 6 2015: 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST): The Space Show goes nuclear with the return of guest Dr. James Dewar, proponent of nuclear propulsion along with nuclear liftoff from Earth.

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.

History

Video: Valentina Tereshkova’s spaceflight secret

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Valentina Tereshkova noticed a serious problem during her famous flight to space on June 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space – Business Insider

Living in Space, Space Systems, SpaceCasts

Video: ‘Space to Ground’ ISS report – Nov.27.15

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Here is the latest NASA Space to Ground report on activities related to the Int. Space Station:

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The ISS astronauts should be happy they have a much improved toilet over what was available on the Space Shuttles: A Broken Toilet in Space is a Special Brand of Horror – io9.com

DIY space, Education, Near Space

JP Aerospace – Photos from the latest flights to Near Space

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JP Aerospace flew two high altitude airship missions on Nov. 22nd to over 30 km. Below are some reports and images from the flights posted on the JP Aerospace blog:

Launch of the Away 118 balloon:

The two missions carried

three university payloads, 700 PongSat student experiments, our own balloon valve experiments, a new servo driven camera system and a ceremonial basket from the Sobono Indian Tribe.