Don’t forget that the ISEE-3 Reboot Project will be hosting a livecast today of the lunar fly-by starting at 10:30 am PDT (1:30 am EDT) . The event will be webcast from McMoon’s at NASA’s Ames Research Center. (See earlier posting.)
In the meantime, check out the interactive SpacecraftForAll.com site created by Google to illustrate the of the ISEE-3 spacecraft’s history and its route through the Earth-Moon system.
Update: Here is the recorded video of the livecast event:
The 2014 Perseid meteor shower will be peaking between today and Wednesday. Here is some advice on observing them: Perseid Meteor Shower: How to See August’s ‘Shooting Stars’ – Space.com’.
The International Meteor Organization offers citizen scientists a way to participate in monitoring the event : Perseids 2014: visual data quicklook.
You can also listen to meteors via the radio signals they generate : Build Your Own Radio Telescope to Listen to Meteors – Science Friday.
Here’s a project on building your own radio telescope:
Find more amateur radio astronomy resources in the HobbySpace Space Radio section.
The CosmoQuest Blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Janus Christian Skov, aka Saint Janus, points me to his “spacey electronica” music: ℗ Saint Janus
His latest album is Spiritale:
Spiritale mini album is his first release on Avatar, and comes after his fantastic ‘Beyone Our Culture’ from last year. The music of Saint Janus combines elements of progressive rocket and progressive psychedelic space rock, while at the same time projects a euphoric relaxed atmosphere with psybient and psychill elements.
Find samples of his music at Saint Janus – YouTube –
Saint Janus – Spiritale EP Teaser:
DJ Saint Janus – Progressive Trance Mix:
Virgin Galactic and DK publishing are collaborating on a set of activity books, with models and stickers, based around the theme of the SpaceShipTwo rocket vehicle and aimed at young people:
The first three of seven books total will be available in October: Virgin Galactic – DK.com