History, Pluto and beyond, Space business

Ashes of Clyde Tombaugh to fly close to Pluto

January 13, 2015 TopSpacer

A part of Clyde Tombaugh will fly past Pluto, which he discovered in 1930: NASA probe to arrive at Pluto carrying ashes of Clyde Tombaugh – Telegraph.

Tombaugh died on January 17 1997, nine years and two days before New Horizon’s launch, but one of his final requests was for his ashes to be sent into space.

A small container carrying his remains is affixed to the insider of the upper deck of the probe bearing the inscription: “Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system’s ‘third zone’”

A sample of the remains of famous space scientist Eugene Shoemaker also went to the Moon via the Lunar Prospector probe : ‘Burying’ a man on the moon – NBC News

The company Celestis, Inc. has arranged for space burials for quite a few people, including a number of celebrities.

Activism, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

The Space Show this week – Jan.12.15

January 12, 2015 TopSpacer

The guests and topics on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Jan. 12, 2015: 2:00-3:30PM PST (5:00-& 6:30 PM EST, 4:00-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back MICHAEL LISTNER who will be discussing new items in the space law news..

2. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015:,7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): OPEN LINES. All space, STEM, and first time callers are welcome.

3. Friday, Jan. 16, 2015; , 9:30 -11 AM PST (12:30-2 PM EST; 11:30-1 PM CST): For this show I am working on finishing the editing for the Aerojet Rocketdyne tour I had in mid-December and posting it as an archived show for today. Assuming the program is ready for play, when you see it on the website and blog as an archived program, it is ready. If I do not get the edits finished in time, there will be no Friday show this week. Editing this series of interviews and discussions is challenging due to industrial background noise and many soft spoken participants. I hope it can be ready for this date. Check the website newsletter for last minute details.. ..

4. Sunday, January 18, 2015: 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-1:30 PM CST): Today is our New Years space resolution show that many of you have asked about. Call us and give us your space related or space wish list item(s) for 2015. We want to hear to from you.

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.

Mars, Multiple media, Space Science

New impact seen on Mars by orbiter

January 11, 2015 TopSpacer

The HiRISE imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted a recent impact sit where a meteoroid struck:

A Recent Impact in Elysium Planitia

This image shows a new impact crater in Elysium Planitia that was first discovered by the Mars Context Camera (CTX, also onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) which formed between February 2012 and June 2014. It appeared as a dark streak with multiple secondary craters, which was not seen in the previous CTX image.
The HiRISE camera commonly monitors new impacts such as these; however this is the first image of this particular impact by HiRISE.

The image shows a very distinct crater rim and ejecta that is much darker than the surrounding dust-covered terrain. The distribution of the rayed ejecta suggests that the impactor struck from the west.

Written by: Eric Pilles, Livio Tornabene, Ryan Hopkins, Kayle Hansen (audio: Tre Gibbs) (7 January 2015)

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Here is the full picture:

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