A friend of mine was in Houston for the Apollo 11 moon landing, and has kindly let me scan his souvenirs from that momentous day.
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I hope you enjoy them.
My friend Martha was chief nutritionist to the astronauts. When a flight was scheduled, she had to be there 24/7, so I fed her horses while she was gone.
Here's a pic of the T-shirt they sent me from STS-61. It actually flew in space with them!
Elon Musk presents his revised plan for SpaceX' future.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...bit-more-real/Yes, Elon Musk still absolutely wants to go to Mars. But in a speech delivered Friday in Adelaide, Australia, the founder of SpaceX opened the door to sending humans to the Moon first. "It’s 2017, we should have a lunar base by now," he said, speaking just a couple of years shy of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landings. "What the hell is going on?"
From meteor showers to a supermoon: 5 astronomy events you won't want to miss this fall.From meteor showers to a supermoon: 5 astronomy events you won't want to miss this fallThe longer autumn nights will feature many notable celestial events that stargazers can mark down on their calendars.
Fall features a variety of events that don’t require telescopes to view, including several meteor showers, planetary alignments and the only supermoon of 2017.
That first one (Harvest Moon Oct5) already has my backyard lit up, won't need a torch for the next 5 nites.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...-kiss-at-dawn/On Thursday morning, October 5th, they'll almost touch, when Venus passes just ¼° north of Mars.That's a tight sight and worth setting the alarm to see. The pair rises about 5:15 a.m. and is well-placed for viewing from about 5:45–6:15 a.m. some 90 minutes to an hour before sunrise.
Thanks. That's super.
Here's something interesting:
New type of northern lights discovered, named Steve | MLive.com
A new type of Northern Lights discovered called Steve. :)
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