Sunday, September 23, 2018

Japan Launches Mini-Space Elevator Experiment to International Space Station

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                                             This graphic shows the concept of an Earth to Earth-orbit Space Elevator. Japan has launched a...
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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Autumn Begins Saturday Evening; Harvest Moon Monday Night

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This diagram shows the position of the Earth, in relation to the Sun, at the time of the Autumnal Equinox, as well as the other solstices ...
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Saturday, September 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 September

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Image of the Columbia Command Module, which transported the first humans to the Moon as part of the historic Apollo 11 space mission in Ju...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Are Sundials, to Tell Time, Really Obsolete ?

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                        Photograph of an Open Armillary S undial (which tells both time and date) located at the northern tip of Library Pa...
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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Journey to the Sun !

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Launch of the Parker Solar Probe on a 3-month journey to the Sun. The on-time launch (although there was a one-day delay) occurred from Sp...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 August

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Image of a 2007 Perseid Meteor, just to the right from the Milky Way. The Perseid Meteor Shower, one of the best meteor showers of the year...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A U.S. 'Space Force' ?

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                          By Glenn A. Walsh Reporting for SpaceWatchtower Last Friday marked the 49 th anniversary of the first la...
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