Oct 24, 2015 04:33 PM
Waiting for WT1190F
EXCERPT: Thought to be a spent upper stage rocket body, WT1190F is a NEO that will re-enter the atmosphere in November over the Indian Ocean. [Video]
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George Mueller, Engineer Who Helped Put Man on Moon, Dies at 97
EXCERPT: George Mueller, a career space engineer who dauntlessly helped fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s vision in 1961 of sending an American astronaut to the moon before the end of the decade, died on Oct. 12 at his home in Irvine, Calif. He was 97. [...] Three days later, when the Apollo 11 astronauts returned safely, Dr. Mueller declared, “Today at 11:49 a.m. Houston time, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we conclusively proved that man is no longer bound to the limits of the planet on which for so long he has lived.” Dr. Mueller, who had been a science fiction and model airplane buff as a boy, was sworn in as deputy associate administrator for manned spaceflight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration less than three months before Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. He met the president’s deadline for a moon landing — beating the Soviet Union in the space race of the decade — by daringly revamping testing procedures and by consolidating control over separate NASA centers in Alabama, Florida and Texas....
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Venus and Jupiter On Oct 24-26
EXCERPT: [...] Venus is lining up close to Jupiter, which is outside Earth’s orbit. Venus will stand a little higher than Jupiter tomorrow, almost even with it on Sunday, and a little below Jupiter on Monday — continuing its beautiful showing in the morning sky....
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Dr. Carolyn Porco: Sexual Harassment in Astronomy
EXCERPT: Thought to be a spent upper stage rocket body, WT1190F is a NEO that will re-enter the atmosphere in November over the Indian Ocean. [Video]
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George Mueller, Engineer Who Helped Put Man on Moon, Dies at 97
EXCERPT: George Mueller, a career space engineer who dauntlessly helped fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s vision in 1961 of sending an American astronaut to the moon before the end of the decade, died on Oct. 12 at his home in Irvine, Calif. He was 97. [...] Three days later, when the Apollo 11 astronauts returned safely, Dr. Mueller declared, “Today at 11:49 a.m. Houston time, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we conclusively proved that man is no longer bound to the limits of the planet on which for so long he has lived.” Dr. Mueller, who had been a science fiction and model airplane buff as a boy, was sworn in as deputy associate administrator for manned spaceflight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration less than three months before Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. He met the president’s deadline for a moon landing — beating the Soviet Union in the space race of the decade — by daringly revamping testing procedures and by consolidating control over separate NASA centers in Alabama, Florida and Texas....
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Venus and Jupiter On Oct 24-26
EXCERPT: [...] Venus is lining up close to Jupiter, which is outside Earth’s orbit. Venus will stand a little higher than Jupiter tomorrow, almost even with it on Sunday, and a little below Jupiter on Monday — continuing its beautiful showing in the morning sky....
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Dr. Carolyn Porco: Sexual Harassment in Astronomy