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Euclid telescope's first images offer full-color look at the cosmos
Euclid telescope'''s first images offer full-color look at the cosmos
Euclid telescope's first images offer full-color look at the cosmos
Euclid telescope'''s first images offer full-color look at the cosmos
Frank Borman, Apollo 8 Commander and USAF Pilot, Dies at 95
Frank Borman, Apollo 8 Commander and USAF Pilot, Dies at 95
NASA Administrator Honors Life of Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman
NASA Administrator Honors Life of Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman - NASA
That was a damn interesting article.
Ken Mattingly also passed away recently.
Ken Mattingly, Apollo and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 87 | Air & Space Forces Magazine
Lost NASA tool bag is in orbit could be visible from Earth
Lost NASA tool bag is in orbit could be visible from EarthAn astronaut’s tool bag that accidentally floated away during a routine spacewalk at the International Space Station is now orbiting Earth and may be bright enough to spot by keen-eyed skywatchers.
Dave Dickinson, author of the 2020 book “The Backyard Astronomer’s Field Guide: How to Find the Best Objects the Night Sky has to Offer,” posted on X that the tool bag is orbiting about a minute ahead of the space station.
Dickinson added that the tool bag has a stellar magnitude of +6, which means it may be tough to spot with the unaided eye but could be bright enough to pick out in the night sky with a pair of binoculars.
NASA’s Spot the Station mobile app and website can help people track the space station based on their location. The ISS is typically the third-brightest object in the night sky, according to NASA, and looks like a fast-moving plane to the naked eye.
Then, to try to see the lost bag, stargazers can use binoculars to monitor a bit ahead of the space station’s path, looking for a faint moving object leading the way.
For you Space nuts with Samsung Galaxy phones:
Galaxy Enhance-X is up for download and contains Sky Guide.
See example of what it does at 5:14
I have had a sky mod for ages. It free for any phone on google store. I have had ISSdetector and map and also Sky map
I introduced my next door neighbor to Sky Map and was blown away by its augmented reality like way of finding celestial objects.
Between me watching the radar here on my second screen 24/7 for aviation, and Skymap, every once in a while I'll see a light that doesn't match up to Skymap and nothing is broadcasting mode S on radar...
When that old show said "the truth is out there," it sure as hell is...