Astronomy, Education, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO Space Pod short reports – Astronomy and Telescopes

Below are recent TMRO Space Pod short video reports about astronomy and telescope topics.

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* Discovering Andromeda – Space Pod 06/01/2015

Ariel Waldman discusses discoveries made about the Andromeda Galaxy, both new and old

* Astrobiology & Alien Pantone Palettes – SpacePod 06/08/15

This week Ariel Waldman talks about her love of astrobiology and two projects from Cornell University: one that’s creating a color palette of microorganisms we might one day find in the cosmos, and another that’s designing life as we don’t know it on Titan.

* Accessorize the Skies – SpacePod 06/05/15

TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head gives insight to a few additional options new astronomers may want to consider to enhance their telescope’s capabilities on their own.

* How to take photos with a Telescope – Space Pod 06/12/15

TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head describes how to take photos of celestial objects with special camera’s made to be used with telescopes.

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO 8.17 – What should we do with the Space Launch System?

Last week’s TMRO.TV live show discussed “the merits of NASA’s Space Launch System and if it should be continued”: What should we do with the Space Launch System? – TMRO

Space Arts

Space art: Michael Najjar & Brandon Vickerd

Two space artists: 

* Photographer Michael Najjar (see earlier post here)  is waiting for Virgin Galactic‘s SpaceShipTwo to begin flying in hopes that he can use his ticket to become the first artist to reach space: Training to Become the First Civilian Artist in Space – WIRED

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Two works by Michael Najjar in a gallery.
Credits Michael Najjar.

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* Leonard David points to an exhibition in  Windsor, Canada by artist Brandon Vickerd of several space inspired works.

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Sputnik Returns
By Brandon Vickerd
A 12 foot by 6 foot stainless steel sculpture from 2013.
Currently at a part of Sculpture
by the Sea 2013, in Arrhus, Denmark.

Living in Space, Space Systems

Video: ‘Space to Ground’ report on the ISS – June.12.15

Here’s the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station this past week:

Pluto and beyond, Space Science, Space Systems

Video: ‘The Year of Pluto’ – documentary about the New Horizons mission

Here’s a documentary about the New Horizons mission, which will fly past Pluto on July 14th:

From the caption:

New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the “third” zone of our solar system, beyond the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland, designed, built and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

The Year of Pluto – NASA New Horizons is a one hour documentary which takes on the hard science and gives us answers to how the mission came about and why it matters.

Interviews with Dr. James Green, John Spencer, Fran Bagenal, Mark Showalter and others share how New Horizons will answer many questions. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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