Friday, April 29, 2022

This Weekend: Brilliant Conjunction of 2 Brightest Planets

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    This image of the planet Venus was taken by the NASA spacecraft Mariner 10 in February of 1974, as it passed Venus at the closest distan...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Saturday: Partial Solar Eclipse Visible in South America, Antarctica

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This graphic shows one way to safely view a Partial Solar Eclipse / Partial Eclipse of the Sun or the partial phases of any other Solar ...
Monday, April 18, 2022

CMU to Build 1st Univ.-Based Space Mission Control

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Artist's rendering of the future Moonshot Mission Control Center at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. (Image Source: Carnegi...
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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Astronomy Used To Calculate Easter Date

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   For centuries, the Primary Moon Phase of Full Moon has figured prominently in the annual calculation of the date of Easter. (Image Sou...
Friday, April 1, 2022

Astro-Calendar: 2022 April / 1st Private Astronaut Launch to Space Station April 6

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Artist's rendering of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaching the International Space Station (ISS). Such an approach should occur twi...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Spring Begins at Vernal Equinox Sunday AM

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    This diagram shows the position of the Earth, in relation to the Sun, at the time of the Vernal Equinox at the official beginning of t...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Roll-Out Thur.: NASA's New Moon Rocket / Fly Your Name Around Moon on Artemis I

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                        Photograph of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion space capsule,inside the Vehicle Assembly Bu...