Space Collecting

Auction of space and aviation postal collectibles

The Italian VACCARI site for postal collectibles is holding an auction on December 14th of aviation and space items:

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On sale the “Enea” Collection. Air Mail from Forerunners to Space.

The wonderful gathering of 182 lots starts from Ballons Montés and international flight forerunners, with world rarities, to arrive in Space and on the Moon with the most famous space letters, through a fine selection of Italian flights and an exceptional group of flight covers and triptychs to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the great Transatlantic Cruise organized by Italo Balbo for the Italian Air Force 10 years.

Apollo missions from no.11 to no.16.

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The Space Show this week – Dec.2.13

Here’s the schedule for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome SCOTT LOWTHER, aerospace historian to the show regarding aerospace art and design work. Visit http://aerospaceprojectsreview.com and http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog.

2. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome back ROBERT (BOB) ZIMMERMAN for space news and updates. Also, Bob will go over some of his past Space Show predictions/comments and we can see how he did using hindsight as our guide. Visit his excellent blog, behindtheblack.com.

3. Friday, Dec. 6,, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (11:30- 1 PM CST, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EST): We welcome back DR. BRUCE CORDELL to discuss and update us with his Maslow Windows and what’s coming up for space development.

4. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST). We welcome back JIM LEWIS of Communications Concepts at the Cape. Jim will talk about animals in space per one of his recent documentaries.

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.

Space Policy

Space policy roundup – Dec.2.13 [Update]

Today’s selection of space policy/politics related items:

Update:

Update 2:

Amateur/Student Satellite, Space Radio

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news

Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.

ANS 335 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – November 30, 2013:
* November/December 2013 AMSAT Journal is Ready
* Commands for WREN SSTV Released
* FUNcube – AO73 Data Warehouse
* South Africa ZACube-1 Now Named TshepisoSat
* AMSAT in the Press
* AMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2014 IN MEMORY OF W2LV

Chinese space, The Moon

Chang’e 3 launch to the Moon [Update]

The Chinese Chang’e 3 mission to the Moon is about to launch. (See earlier posts here and here.)  Watch the lift-off of the Long March 5 on Chinese TV webcast.

[ Update: The launch was a success:

http://youtu.be/lgZslWEQZHY

The cameras on the stages gave dramatic views of the flight, including the burn of the third stage to send the spacecraft on a trajectory to the Moon. Even after separation of the spacecraft from the third stage, the camera showed the Chang’e 3 – Twitter / SpaceflightNow:

A view of China’s Chang’e 3 lunar lander firing thrusters just after deploying from the Long March upper stage. pic.twitter.com/liqsFN47ET

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Update 2: The Chang’e 3 will go into lunar orbit on December 6th and the landing is planned for December 14th.

Some reports on the launch:

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