Satellite Spotting: A Quick How-to Guide.
Two objects you can see tonite; the Hubble Space Telescope & (if it’s in orbit) the Space Shuttle! (Credit: Art Explosion). Go out any reasonably clear night around dawn or dusk and look up....
View ArticleAstroEvent: ISS All Nite!
(Editors Note: Due to timeliness concerns for events mentioned, we nudged next weeks astro-event up to today!) After a long drought, the International Space Station (ISS) returns to the...
View ArticleAstroEvent of the Week: Spotting Iridium Flares.
Photo by Author. Looking up at the dawn or dusk skies, its not uncommon to see a satellite brighten, flare up, and the abruptly disappear from view. What youve just seen is an Iridium flare, a...
View Article06.02.11- A Sail-Flare Contest!
NanoSail-D2 unfurled in the lab! (Credit: NASA/MSFC/D. Higginbotham). I have wanted to give a shout out to a cool contest that came to our attention a few weeks back, and this weekend seemed as good a...
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