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SpaceX created a futuristic tableau at its Texas rocket-testing facilities on Thursday, when a robo-dog wandered the wreckage of its latest Starship prototype.
SpaceX launched the rocket prototype, called Starship serial No. 10, or SN10, on Wednesday. Like the last two prototypes before it, SN10 climbed to nearly 33,000 feet above the company’s facilities in the town of Boca Chica. Then it shut off its engines and plummeted to Earth in a belly-flop position, controlling its fall with four wing flaps.
Unlike its predecessors, which both slammed into the ground and exploded immediately, SN10 successfully re-fired its engines to flip itself upright and touch down softly on the ground. But then it exploded spectacularly 10 minutes later.
With the air cleared and the roads reopened, photographers and SpaceX fans flocked to the company’s facilities on Thursday morning to watch the clean-up from a distance. That’s when they spotted a fascinating four-legged robot wandering the wreckage.
Spadre.com shared videos of the agile bot on Twitter.
The life-like machine is a Boston Dynamics “Spot” robot dog, which SpaceX has apparently renamed Zeus, according to photos that show the name printed across a red doghouse where the robot lives.
Zeus has been spotted inspecting SpaceX landing sites before. It’s not clear what exactly the mechanical pooch was doing at the SN10 explosion site, but Zeus is likely outfitted with cameras and sensors to collect data, since approaching wrecked rockets can be unsafe for humans.
SpaceX did not respond to Insider’s request for further details.
The rocket Zeus was inspecting is designed as the upper stage of a two-part system; a roughly 23-story booster called Super Heavy would one day heave the Starship spaceship toward orbit. But eliminating these explosions from the vehicle’s landing process is crucial, since SpaceX is designing Starship and Super Heavy to be fully and rapidly reusable. A spaceship that blows up after it lands is, of course, tough to relaunch.
If the system works, though, Starship-Super Heavy could slash the cost of reaching space 1,000-fold, since it would eliminate the need to build new rockets and spaceships for each spaceflight. Musk wants to eventually construct a fleet of reusable Starships to power round-the-world hypersonic travel on Earth, fly astronauts to the moon, and one day carry people to Mars.
Musk has said that he is “highly confident” SpaceX will launch an uncrewed Starship to Mars in 2024, followed by a crewed mission in 2026.


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Have you noticed the night sky lately? There is something different about it. Having grown up on a farm in a remote part of Indiana, viewing the magnificent, celestial bodies on a clear night is not something new for me. However, after living in the Chicagoland area for over ten years now, a clear night sky is a much rarer thing to experience here.
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?”
This excerpt from Psalm 8 always rattles around in my head when I stare at the night sky, and the clearer the night, the more I marvel at creation. To think of the earth, and the heavens, and our place among it all is to enter into the dichotomy of feeling small and uneventful, powerful and influential, all in the same stream of consciousness.
In the midst of this renewed sense in viewing creation, I am seeing many articles about how nature is having a bit of a resurrection itself, in regards to areas where humans typically dominate. Some of these have bits of truth, some are flat out false (elephants did not get drunk on corn wine, and pass out in a garden), but the kernel of truth is present, albeit sometimes riddled with jargon and buzz words. Humans have a significant impact on their environment. All rhetoric, and politically charged nomenclature aside, humans have a significant impact on their environment. One area where that is the clearest (pun) has been the significant drop in the amount of air pollution all over the world, as has been confirmed by NASA and maps provided by the Descartes Labs.
I do not mean to single out humans as the only driving force in ecological changes. The natural world has its part to play, as well. We are, however, the rare being that is cognizant of our actions and intelligently capable of acknowledging ourselves. It is important to know thyself.
I mentioned a portion of Ecclesiastes 3, in an earlier devotion, that stated there being “a time to tear down and a time to build up.” I mentioned this in the context of our own unique, individual selves, but having the time to reflect upon this further, my focus has shifted. Looking up at these brilliant night skies, I wonder, have we been tearing down this earth at too high a rate without an honest plan to build it back up? What else have we been tearing down at an unsustainable rate? One need only to turn to the news to see how ravaging we can be to one another, in a time of trouble no doubt.
When this pandemic is behind us, will we take the opportunity to build up beyond ourselves, to know ourselves and acknowledge our previous faults? Will we build each other up along with the world around us, our natural environments, as well as the ones made from human hands? Will we acknowledge all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful? Will we acknowledge that the Lord God made them all, including ourselves, and that we depend on the totality of one another?
We depend on each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings, those glowing colors, those tiny wings.
My prayer for you is two-fold. I pray that you might look to the night sky and marvel. Marvel at the big differences small changes make. Marvel at the ties that bind through time and space. Marvel at our common bond here on earth.
I also pray that you might expand beyond building up your individual selves, and seek to build up each other, so that we can keep these beautiful skies, this beautiful earth, and all of its marvelous creatures, as bright and beautiful as possible. Amen.


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"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.”
Maria Mitchell is known as the first professional female astronomer in the United States. On October 1, 1847, she peered through her family’s telescope and “swept around for comets,” as she did every night it was clear. But that night she became the first woman in the U.S. to discover one. She later became the first Astronomy professor at Vassar College, where she would often ask her students, “Did you learn that in a book or observe it yourself?”
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- Dead trees still stand and so can you.
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- Seasons are guaranteed when nothing else seems to be.


- Tom Hanks as Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell
- Kevin Bacon as Apollo 13 backup Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert
- Bill Paxton as Apollo 13 Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
- Gary Sinise as Apollo 13 prime Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly
- Ed Harris as White Team Flight Director Gene Kranz
- Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Gerlach Lovell, Jim’s wife
- Chris Ellis as Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton
- Joe Spano as “NASA Director”, a composite character loosely based on Chris Kraft
- Marc McClure as Black Team Flight Director Glynn Lunney
- Clint Howard as White Team Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager (EECOM) Sy Liebergot
- Ray McKinnon as White Team Flight Dynamics Officer Jerry Bostick
- Todd Louiso as White Team Flight Activities Officer
- Loren Dean as EECOM John Aaron
- Xander Berkeley as “Henry Hurt”, a fictional NASA Office of Public Affairs staff member
- David Andrews as Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad
- Christian Clemenson as Flight Surgeon Dr. Charles Berry
- Ben Marley as Apollo 13 backup Commander John Young
- Brett Cullen as Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) 1
- Ned Vaughn as CAPCOM 2
- Tracy Reiner as Haise’s wife Mary
- Mark Wheeler as Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Commander
- Larry Williams as Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot
- Mary Kate Schellhardt as Lovell’s older daughter Barbara
- Max Elliott Slade as Lovell’s older son James (Jay), who attended military school at the time of the flight
- Emily Ann Lloyd as Lovell’s younger daughter Susan
- Miko Hughes as Lovell’s younger son Jeffrey
Budget: $52 Million
Box Office Performance: $355.2 Million
MPAA Rating: PG
Synopsis: Three astronauts during the second flight back to walk on the moon have to overcome incredible obstacles to get back home after their space craft is crippled in this based on the true life event.
The year is 1961. The space race between Russia and United States is at a fever pitch and racing to see who can be the first nation to send a man into space. The Russian’s beat us to the first space flight in human history when it sent Yuri Gagarin, into a single orbit in Vostok 1 on a Vostok 3KA rocket, on 12 April 1961. The U.S. sent, Alan Shepard into suborbital on Freedom 7 on a Mercury-Redstone rocket, on 5 May 1961. U.S. President John F. Kennedy threw down the gauntlet when he claimed that the United States will send a man to walk on the moon and come back safely by the end of the 1960’s. To complete his goal, the United States threw everything it had into the space program and on July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon and return on July 24th. Since then, humans have gone to great heights in space and done marvels that were once deemed impossible. In all that time, accidents happened within the space programs that have shocked the world, such as Space Shuttle Challenger disaster which exploded shortly after launch killing 7 Americans, as well as 3 Russian cosmonauts that died when a cabin vent valve accidentally opened at service module separation, being the only human fatalities in space. One of the most closest and harrowing encounters in any space program was Apollo 13, when three astronauts almost died in space when liquid oxygen ignited, causing an explosion in space.
It’s July 1969 and Jim Lovell is hosting a party to honor the astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who are about to be the first men to walk on the surface of the moon. Having many prominent members of the U.S. Space Program at his house, as well as himself being a part of the first space craft to orbit the moon, he’s feeling both pride and envy of not being the one to accomplish the feat. After the party had died, Lovell is giving a tour to VIP’s when he’s told that he and his teammates are bump from the back-up crew to the prime crew of Apollo 13 after the commander of the original crew came down with an ear infection, 6 months away from the launch. Being the next commander to walk on the moon, Jack Lovell Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly vigorously train to get ready for space flight after being regulated to minimal work. After almost 5 months of training and almost ready for their flight, the flight surgeon informs Jim Lovell and the head directors of NASA that Ken Mattingly hasn’t been exposed to measles and would be getting sick shortly after Jim Lovell and Fred Haise descended down to the moon. Making a decision that effects the crew, he elects to have Jack Swigert replace Ken Mattingly as the Command Module Pilot, 3 days before the launch. Despite serious mistakes in the simulator that kills them repeatedly, they proceed to the launch and have a successful launch, short of the number 5 engine malfunctioning on them prior to final shutdown leaving Earth’s atmosphere. After leaving for the moon, they have an uneventful 3 day trip, even doing an un-televised personal show on the spacecraft until a routine task causes a liquid oxygen tank to explode, sending the ship into a crippling mangled mess that destroys their chance at walking on the moon.
After the explosion that ruins their mission, Houston command center faces one challenge after another one. After believing that it couldn’t be something major and just instrumentation, they have a meeting to decide how to bring the ship home to fastest and safest way. They decide that they will use the moon’s gravity to slingshot them back to the Earth’s atmosphere. After deciding to go from the command module to the LEM or Lunar Earth Module, which wasn’t affected in the explosion, Houston decides that they need to shut down power to the barest of minimum. After turning off power and turning the ship into an icebox, their next close encounter was that the LEM wasn’t designed for three people and the filters that take the carbon dioxide humans expel and turning it into clean breathing air becomes saturated, Engineers in NASA create a device with almost nothing to work with. After hours of nerve-racking experiments, they create a device that allows the air to transfer between both the command module and the LEM, decreasing the carbon dioxide into a living environment that won’t kill the crew. At this time as well, Ken Mattingly was drinking alone in a hotel room to reduce the pain and disappointment of not being on the mission, is brought back to NASA to create a process that will keep the voltage under the required amount to get ready for re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The biggest obstacle is the fact that they are close to not hitting the correct angle to enter Earth’s atmosphere. Too steep and they would incinerate. Too shallow and they’d skip off the atmosphere like a rock on a pond. Houston and the crew decide that a manual burn is the best way to reserve power as well as get them back on course. Doing the highly dangerous maneuver, the crew of Apollo 13 successfully complete the burn and get back on course. Just before re-entry, they restart the frozen command module and successfully disconnect from the Lunar Earth Module to see the damage, which is extensive. With all the problems they faced and what could happen, they hope that luck will be on their side and place fate above all else, the crew of Apollo 13 come out of radio blackout a minute and a half longer than ever before to have, the parachutes deploy successfully allowing them to gently land in the ocean closer to the air craft carrier than a space shuttle ever has before.
Space missions are always dangerous. The mystery that accompanies the wonder on what’s out there will probably forever be something that most of us that are alive on this earth will always cease to remain just that: wonder and amazement. More and more space movies come out all the time, with possibilities of what we might accomplish in the near future. The Mars missions, which is to send a team of individuals to Mars, is predicted to come about around the year 2030 but even that is in its infancy stage. The moon was the great adventure that has been completed over and over since the tragedy of Apollo 13 and has almost gotten to the point where people see it as routine, especially when we have humans that have been living in space with the international space station over the last 11 years. I always wonder what’s out there but I never stop to think that any space mission will be easy. Apollo 13 showed us that it takes a team effort of countless people to overcome tragedies that would have surely been death.
- Main Actor: Tom Hanks is probably one of the greatest actors ever in the modern age and this movie is only one of the few that he’s done to prove that. He is kind and caring when he must as Commander Lovell but also takes charge when called upon. Never crumbling, he was the beacon of the movie that carried all others: A
- Main Actress: Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell was incredible as the steadfast wife who kept her cool most of the time during a crisis of unspeakable tragedy. Keeping in form throughout the movie, she showed what should happen when the horribly unexpected accident occurs: Keep your cool, stay in charge and don’t panic: A
- Supporting Cast: Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon were excellent in how two guys that were at each other’s throats could come together to get back safety in the face of almost certain death. All the cast members of Houston were incredible in their panic level, helping each other out and you could almost believe that the obstacles were really happening during the movie, as if it was real life: A
- Music: This is what music in movies should aspire to be. Music can help create a scene to reach new heights and, if done well, can make the most mundane of scenes be great. During every dramatic scene and every highlight, you can hear the perfect pitch of music that makes it the movie all that much better: A
- Plot: This plot was great. Never lagging, never quitting and never feeling like a drag. From beginning to end, if it’s the first time you see it, you feel their pain, revel in their successes and make it seem like everything is going to be OK. The roller coaster of this movie was great and will, in my opinion, go down as a top 20 film in the last 50 years: A
- Overall Grade: A
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- Houston, we’ve had a problem” is often misquoted and Howard chose to use the incorrect line, “Houston, we have a problem” since “we’ve had” implies the problem already happened.
- During test screenings, some audience members wrote in their notes they didn’t believe the movie could have happened. They didn’t know it’s a true story.
- Due to his portrayal of Lovell in this movie, Hanks had an asteroid “12818 Tomhanks (1996 GU8)” named in his honor.
- Lovell’s wife, Marilyn, has said Hanks nails her husband’s mannerisms and body language.
- Brad Pitt turned down an offer to appear in Apollo 13 so he could star in David Fincher’s Seven. The role of Fred Haise was offered to John Cusack and Charlie Sheen before Paxton agreed. John Travolta was reportedly in the running for the role of Lovell.


How do we “do science”? What tools has God given us to understand His creation? Where do we begin our search for knowledge? How do we know when we have arrived at truth? That’s a bunch of questions all at once, I know. Instead of giving you as many answers in a list, I offer you a story—a true story.
Once upon a time, there lived a man named Johannes Kepler. He loved God and math. At first he wanted to be a minister of the church, but he later decided to train as a math teacher. Eventually, his passion for math led to a job as an assistant to a scientist named Tycho Brahe. Tycho served as a royal mathematician to Emperor Rudolph II of Bohemia. Tycho’s passion was astronomy, creating very detailed records of the night sky. When Tycho Brahe died in 1601, Kepler inherited all of his astronomical data as well as his position in the royal court of Emperor Rudolph.
Although Kepler lived over 400 years ago and some medieval misunderstandings about the universe remained intact, his world was not flat. Although the earth appears flat, experience teaches us that the earth is indeed a near spherical shape. Both mathematical and scientific hypotheses, as well as the physical circumnavigation of the globe had long laid the “flat earth” legend to rest. However, some legends based on human experience still ruled the day. One such legend was that the earth sat stationary in the center of the universe while everything else—sun, moon, and stars—revolved around it. This was long held to be the case and it was a legend that would not go down without a fight.
One hundred years before Kepler lived, an astronomer named Copernicus had proposed that the sun was in the center of the solar system. He was right, of course, but for many years very few believed him. Along with the long-held belief that the earth was in the center of the universe, everyone thought that the planets orbited the earth in perfect circles. Although Copernicus was right about the planets’ orbital relationship to the sun, he still believed that the planets’ orbits were perfect circles.
Since the time of Aristotle, who lived 400 years before Christ, everyone believed that the planets’ orbits were circular. In his book, Galileo, Mitch Stokes summarizes this view of the universe:
At its most basic, Aristotle’s universe is spherical, the earth resting comfortably at its center. The universe’s outer boundary is an enormous crystalline sphere in which the stars are embedded. This outer sphere—this bejeweled hamster ball—is emphatically not at rest; it rotates at a dizzying speed, completing its journey once every day.
However, in the seventeenth century, in spite of a 2000-year-old misunderstanding of the universe, Johannes Kepler changed everything. Kepler speculated that the ellipse would better interpret the planets’ orbits than the circle and he was right.
What was different about Kepler? Why was he able to question 2000 years of astronomical tradition, invent a new way to interpret the universe, and then mathematically demonstrate his hypothesis?
Johannes Kepler recognized and used both the mind’s ability to calculate and the sense organs’ abilities to accurately perceive the world. Many brilliant men throughout history had esteemed one or the other too highly. Some scientists would emphasize the acts of the mind to the neglect of what their sense experiences told them, while others’ approach was the exact opposite, emphasizing the senses to the neglect of the rational mind. Kepler exercised both his mind and his senses. As mathematician Morris Kline states,
Although [Kepler’s] fertile imagination triggered the conception of new theoretical systems, he knew that theories must fit observations and, in his later years, saw even more clearly that empirical data [sense perception] may indeed suggest the fundamental principles of science. He therefore sacrificed his most beloved mathematical hypotheses when he saw that they did not fit observational data, and it was precisely this incredible persistence in refusing to tolerate discrepancies, which any other scientist of his day would have disregarded, that led him to espouse radical ideas.
One time, Kepler hypothesized that five, beloved, geometrical shapes—known as the Five Platonic Solids—would each fit inside the orbit of each known planet. He tested the shapes against the data he had observed and found that he could not make them fit, so he abandoned the idea even though he loved the hypothesis dearly. Another time, Kepler hypothesized that the relationships of the planets’ orbits would match the relationships between the notes of the major and minor scales of music theory. After months of calculating and comparing, he found that he was right. He wrote an entire work on this entitled The Harmonies of the World.
I will end this article back where I began, by asking a few questions:
What tools has God given us to understand His creation? God has given His image-bearers two indispensable tools. One tool is a rational mind that can accurately interpret the world around us. The other tool includes our five sense organs that accurately perceive the world around us. (These are in no particular order, for one is not more important than the other.)
Where do we begin our search for knowledge? We begin where Kepler did, using both our minds and our senses. We may hypothesize with our minds, then see if the data fits; or we may collect data, then create a general concept that best interprets the data.
How do we know when we have arrived at scientific truth? Like Kepler, we can consider ourselves to have arrived at scientific truth when the hypothesis correctly interprets the data, and/or when the data enables us to state a general rule that accurately represents the data we have collected.
You may be asking yourself, “Where is God in all this?” The answer is that He is right where He has always been, in the midst of all of it. He created it all, He sustains it all, and He gifted us with minds and senses so that we can correctly perceive and interpret it. This fact was not unknown to Kepler, for as I stated above, he not only loved math, but he also loved God. Here is one example of Kepler giving all the glory back to God in a way that only Kepler could:
The wisdom of the Lord is infinite; so also are His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises! Sun, moon and planets glorify Him in your ineffable language! Celestial harmonies, all ye who comprehend His marvelous works, praise Him. And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exists. That which we know best is comprised in Him, as well as in our vain science. To Him be praise, honor, and glory throughout eternity.
–The Harmonies of the World (1619)


Supermoon: Just the Facts
Named by Richard Nolle in 1979, the moon shifts into a "supermoon" state when its orbit is perigee to the Earth during a full moon. It also references the geometric alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon.
Perigee, by definition, occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth at an estimated 226,000 miles away. During perigee, a full moon will appear bigger and brighter than an ordinary full moon, hence the name "supermoon." The opposite of perigee is apogee. Apogee occurs when the moon is farthest away from the Earth at an approximate distance of 253,000 miles. As it orbits the Earth in an ellipse, the moon is pulled closer to and farther from the planet throughout its rotations. While in orbit, a full moon that peaks within 10 hours of its closest proximity to the Earth is a true supermoon.
The Supermoon's 4 Names & Meanings
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), July's supermoon answers to Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, the Hay Moon, and the Mead Moon. Recognized by the Maine Farmer's Almanac during the 1930s, the supermoon's four names are Native American, specifically Algonquin, in origin.
- Buck Moon: refers to early summer when buck deer sprout new antlers coated in velvet-like fur
- Thunder Moon: references the thunder storms of early summer
- Hay Moon: a reference to the European haymaking season during June & July
- Mead Moon: derived from Hay Moon; the combination of honey & water with fruits, spices, grains & hops create mead
Buck Moon: the when & where
- ICYMI: the Buck Moon made its initial appearance in today's early morning sky
- It reaches full moon status at 12:48 p.m. MST tomorrow, Wednesday, July 13th, & lasts through Friday, July 15th
- According to NASA, full visibility in North America is expected at moonrise
- The best seats in the house are found on the West Coast & in the Great Plains of the Midwest
- For the best views of the red-mooned beauty, avoid heavily lit areas & those with tall buildings & forestry


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
We've heard news of personal spaceships coming in the next ten years. Has anyone seen the price? Over 10 billion dollars! Well, the first personal spaceship launched today, December 8, 2010! If the price goes down, this could really evolve the way space travel is today.


Intercept Games has released the fourth developer video for Kerbal Space Program 2. It is mainly about anomalies in our galaxy and how these have influenced the design of the planets and other celestial bodies in the space simulation.
It also says: “With new expanded dispersion and terrain detail, there’s something special to explore on every planet. With a variety of environments ranging from vast deserts to towering mountain ranges, the celestial bodies are more complex than ever, offering unique challenges and unforgettable journeys for all players, especially players of KSP 1 can marvel at the great progress made compared to the original game.
In the developer video you can find detailed details about exploring the celestial bodies in Kerbal Space Program 2 and learn more about the different planets that you can discover on the journey to the stars. A particularly interesting fact is that all of these fictional planets not only potentially actually occur in our own galaxy, but on the advice of astrophysicists like Dr. Joel Green, who can be seen in the video. ”
A release of Kerbal Space Program 2 is not expected before April next year. The targeted systems are PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.
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Weather conditions are very important for astronomy, well... for lots of things really. Too many clouds interfere with visual observing. Too much wind interferes with astrophotography. Too cold makes everything miserable. A too bright Moon hides almost everything else. So it really helps to know what's going on with the weather.
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On a typical night around 1500 sky photos are taken by the Oculus Allsky camera. Those images are then combined into this video so cloud motion can be observed. Watching the Milky Way pass overhead is pretty cool too!
Sun and Moon Data - Obtained from the USNO
Unlike sunrise, moonrise may not be the first Moon event of the day.


‘Twist and Shout’ at Adventure Science Center’s Sudekum Planetarium
Second Saturday brings full show lineup
NASHVILLE, April 30, 2015—Enjoy a variety of short fulldome presentations from finalists in the annual DomeFest film festival, learn what can be seen in the night skies over Nashville, or get grooving with a Cosmic Concert featuring classic summer tunes during this month’s Second Saturday on May 9 at the Sudekum Planetarium!
Second Saturday schedule:
6 p.m. – Dome Club Nashville presents Home Grown Dome
Home Grown Dome is a compilation of 14 short works created by students, artists and animators from around the world. These pieces were finalists from annual DomeFest fulldome film festivals from 2004-2009. Watch the trailer to get a taste of the wide variety of media represented in this presentation.
7 p.m. – Skies Over Nashville
Tour what’s up in the sky tonight! From constellations to planets and more, viewers will have the chance to see what they can see in the skies above their own backyards. Ask questions and make requests during this live, interactive tour of the sky! Ask to be immersed in a black hole or what the Sun looks like on a given day or watch the birth of a star – the opportunities are almost as endless as our universe!
8:30 p.m. – Summer Laze
Celebrate summer fun in the Sudekum Planetarium from a beautiful day to a good good night: traveling everywhere, surfing, and much more. Featuring summer favorites such as the Beach Boys and Katy Perry, there’s a little taste of summertime for everyone.
9:30 p.m. – Laser Beatles
Take the whole family on a magical mystery tour with John, Paul, George, and Ringo in the Sudekum Planetarium where the iconic music of The Beatles is accompanied by brilliant lasers, digital effects and millions of stars. Get ready to twist and shout until you cause a revolution.
10:30 p.m. – That (mostly) 70s Laser Show
Not a thing to do, but rock with you during this throwback favorite featuring some of the hottest music from the 1970s (and slightly beyond). Bring your best air guitar skills to perform the sounds of Kiss, Van Halen, Boston, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Pink Floyd.
Tickets for Skies Over Nashville are $6 for non-members and $3 for members, while Dome Club Nashville and Cosmic Concerts are $8/show for non-members and $6/show for members. Tickets are available at the door or at the admission desk on the day of the event.
About Adventure Science Center
For nearly 70 years, Adventure Science Center has brought science to life for students, teachers and families in Middle Tennessee, Southern Kentucky, Northern Alabama and beyond. The Center offers hands-on, interactive exhibits and engaging programs that encourage visitors of all ages to explore how science is relevant in their lives. Adventure Science Center encourages imagination and curiosity in a fun, dynamic learning environment. For more information, call (615) 862-5160 or visit www.adventuresci.org.


As we move into December, we approach the Winter Solstice, which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year and invites us into a period of deep reflection and a celebration of light.
The Winter Solstice is a reminder of the ebb and flow of seasons, it is a natural pause. Winter is when the earth rests, and everything becomes still, but there is a silent anticipation for the sun's gradual return.
Simple Ways to Observe the Solstice
Here are some ways to honor this day:
Light a Candle: As dusk falls, light a candle as a symbol of welcoming back the light.
Nature Walk: If possible, take a walk outdoors. Feel the crispness in the air, observe the bare trees, and connect with the serene beauty of nature in winter.
Solstice Reflections: Set aside some time to think about the year past. What were its significant moments? What lessons did it bring?
The Solstice is also a time for gathering with those we hold dear, sharing stories, and enjoying warm, comforting meals together. It’s about community, sharing in the warmth, and looking ahead with optimism.
The Winter Solstice reminds us that even in the darkest times, there is always a return to light. It’s an opportunity to pause, to breathe, and to prepare for the fresh starts that each new year brings.
As we experience the longest night, let’s embrace the promise that each following day will bring a little more light. It's a time for hope, quiet joy, and looking forward to the future.


What is certain is that the storm on thursday had dislodged itself from the sun 150 million kilometers away. He should hit the earth on saturday afternoon according to calculations.
Esa expert juka-pekka lontama said late saturday afternoon that the esa is expecting a "moderate" to "strong" storm. US weather agency NOAA expects "weak" to "moderate" consequences.
According to lontama, the solar storm has its own magnetic field. If this is directed northwest when it hits the earth's magnetic field, it is expected to cause only a weak solar storm. "But if the magnetic field is oriented southward, we will get strong consequences," lontama expected.
As a result of solar storms, power grids and cell phone connections can be affected, as well as air traffic. The impact could hit scandinavia, canada and northern europe.
The eruption region on the sun is slightly to the south, astrophysicist volker bothmer of the university of gottingen said. The so-called coronal mass ejection (CME) raced off at just under 1,500 kilometers per second; close to earth, it is expected to travel at around 800 kilometers per second. With clear weather polar lights could be observed in northern europe.
Severe solar storms can disrupt satellites, electrical systems, navigation systems like GPS and radio communications. In 2003, such a storm caused, among other things, a power outage in sweden lasting several hours, a failure of the european airborne radar, the postponement of more than 60 flights in the u.S. And the loss of the "midori 2" research satellite.
NOAA expected the geomagnetic intensity of the storm to be G2 on the scale from G1 (weakest) to G5 (strongest) this sunday. The explosion also sent large amounts of ultraviolet radiation towards the earth, according to "spaceweather".Com".
Solar activity fluctuates at a rate of about eleven years and has been increasing again since 2010: solar storms are becoming more frequent and stronger. The reason for the fluctuations in activity is the rhythm of gas transport in the eclipses of the sun.


Moonlight over Death Valley, California
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A lone sailing stone sits forlornly immobile beneath the swirling stars on the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park.
(Photo and caption by Grant Kaye)
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For tens of thousands of years, human beings have been fascinated by the patterns of stars in the sky. Early people noticed constellations of stars that looked like animals and people, and made up stories about what they thought they saw. In fact, the oldest records we have of astronomical observations are 30,000-year-old paintings found on the walls of caves. Stars since ancient times are discribed as forever, hope, destiny, heaven and freedom. They have also for us people great importance and we believe that falling stars make our wishes.


ET - Gravitational wave physics group
The proposed Einstein Telescope (ET) is a subterranean infrastructure designed to house a third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that expands on the accomplishments of current, second-generation laser-interferometric detectors like Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO. These observatories have revolutionized the field of gravitational-wave astronomy with their recent breakthrough discoveries of merging black holes and neutron stars over the last five years.
To achieve a much-improved sensitivity, the ET aims to enlarge the interferometer from the 3 km arm length of the Virgo detector to 10 km and introduce an array of new technologies. These technologies will include a cryogenic system to cool some of the primary optics to 10-20K, new quantum technologies to reduce light fluctuations, and a range of infrastructure and active noise-mitigation measures to minimize environmental disturbances.
CIEMAT participates in the preparatory phase of the Einstein Telescope (ET), which represents a major opportunity for our group to contribute to the design and development of this cutting-edge technology.
Our specific goals include participating in the design of the interferometer with developments similar to those we implement for Virgo, developing its computing model, and establishing an internal group at CIEMAT to focus on the design of the vacuum system. Through the development of the computing model, we aim to contribute to the design and implementation of the data analysis and signal processing systems that will be used to extract the signals of gravitational waves from the data. Finally, by establishing an internal group focused on the design of the vacuum system, we aim to contribute to the development of the ultra-high vacuum environment that will be required for the interferometer to function properly.
In addition, we aim at training the next generation of scientists to exploit this instrument. This not only strengthens our team and the collaboration but also helps to ensure that the full potential of the Einstein Telescope can be realised in the future.


planets outside the solar system
An exoplanet (or extrasolar planet) is a planet orbiting a star different from the Sun (the "exo" prefix means "outside" in Greek). Up until now, one has found mainly gas giant planets, which are easier to detect than telluric planets. However, due to the increasing sensitivity of the detection methods, one already begins to observe the first planets of sizes comparable to the Earth.
The term exobiology ... covers the search for life beyond Earth, and the effects of extraterrestrial environments on living things.
An artificial external information processor that augments the brain's high-level cognition. Julia used her exocortex to access the memory of her tenth birthday.
Source: Fleming, N. The next wave. New Scientist, 14 May 2011. 210, 2812, p.33.
ExoBuilding explores the novel design space that emerges when an individual‟s physiological data and the fabric of building architecture are linked. In its current form ExoBuilding is a tent - like structure that externalises a person's physiological data in an immersive and visceral way. This is achieved by mapping abdominal breathing to its shape and size, displaying heart beat through sound and light effects and mapping electro dermal activity to a projection on the tent fabric.
(8 April 2013 #DTMD13)
ex·o·skel·e·ton ( k s -sk l -tn). n. A hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect or crustacean, that provides protection or support for an organism.
exoskeleton: A medical device that allows individuals with severe spinal cord injury to walk and enhances rehabilitation for stroke victims.
Exocare: Depends on your perspective - context / situation sensitive
Care exercised by a planet, or that planet's representation (on Earth the UN) towards life on other worlds, includes ethics, protocols and first contact.
See also: http://www.seti.org/post-detection.html
Care not delivered by statutory health services. Care delivered by the individual also described as self-care.
Care directed at specific celestial objects, often as a result of long held ethnocultural beliefs and customs, the moon for example.
Care that extends 'human ecosystems' to what is external to the physical self, to encompass Gaia - the Earth and biosphere. Love directed not at a single person, or thing but the sense of what is whole.


Yes, the Sony a7C is an excellent camera for astrophotography. Its full-frame sensor and high ISO capabilities make it well-suited for capturing night sky images.
Sony has been regarded as the preeminent brand in astrophotography photography for many years. However, after having experience with the A7r II, A7r III, and A7 III, I decided to switch to the Sony A7c, which I believe to be one of the best cameras in Sony’s current portfolio. I’ve used it for travel, weddings, YouTube videos, and landscape photography, among other things.
One of the critical features of the Sony a7C that makes it ideal for astrophotography is its low-light performance. With a maximum ISO of 204800, the camera can capture clear, sharp images even in external light conditions. This is essential when shooting the night sky, as you often work in environments with little ambient light.
Another essential astrophotography feature of the Sony a7C is its high dynamic range. This means that the camera can capture a wide range of tones and colors, essential when capturing the subtle hues and gradations of the night sky.
The Sony a7C has several other features that make it well-suited for astrophotography. For example, it has a silent shutter mode that eliminates the risk of camera shaking when taking long exposure shots. It also has a built-in image stabilization system that helps keep images sharp and blur-free, even when shooting with a long exposure.
The A7c is one of the best cameras for astrophotography because of its settings, sensors, and lens selection. Additionally, its form factor is ideal for star tracking, making it one of the best cameras for astrophotography.
Bright Monitor Mode
The bright monitor mode that Sony offers is a game-changer. Because of this, I solely use Sony cameras for my astrophotography.
Bright monitor mode allows you to enhance the amount of light that enters your sensor, allowing you to see in low-light situations. If I cannot see a composition during the night, I switch to the bright monitor mode. If I have trouble seeing where I am going, I switch to the colorful monitor mode.
I use it as a custom button on my center button, and if I didn’t have it, I’d be completely confused.
Although the electronic viewfinder (EVF) on the Sony A7c isn’t excellent, some people don’t like the camera because of this, but it’s unnecessary for astrophotography. When I was shooting with the A7riii, which has a sensor with a better resolution than previous models, I didn’t notice much of a difference.
The Best Camera Sensor for Astrophotography
The A7C and the A7iii use the same sensor, one of the best sensors for astrophotography due to its excellent pixel pitch and ability to function well in low light conditions.
For astrophotography, you could be enticed to purchase a sensor with a high megapixel count, but in my opinion, 24 megapixels is the optimal resolution. If you choose the A7iv or A7Riv, you will receive more megapixels; however, larger sensors are more sensitive to movement in the night sky so you will need higher shutter speeds.
When photographing stars with a quicker shutter speed, you will get crisper stars, but the amount of light that will reach your sensor will be reduced. The detector found on the A7c is identical to the one found on the A7iii. As a result, it performs exceptionally well in low light and enables you to lower your shutter speed while maintaining the ability to capture sharp stars.
The A7C is one of the best cameras available for low-light shooting. You will observe more noise with practically any other camera (A7riii, A7riv, Canon RP). The A7siii is the only full-frame camera with a superior sensor, but it only has 12 megapixels of resolution.
In 2005, professional photographers were using cameras with a resolution of 6 megapixels to capture magazine covers. It’s not that I have anything against 12 megapixels; it’s just that I’ve spent too much time with cameras that have larger megapixel counts.
Sony A7c lenses for astrophotography
The Sony 20mm 1.8 is my go-to lens for night sky photography, but I adore the 24mm 1.4 GM that came with my camera. I believe the coma performance is slightly improved with the 20mm 1.8, and it is the ideal focal length for photographing the milky way.
These are the additional lenses that I use for astrophotography at the moment.
- Sony FE 20mm F1.8 G
- Sony E-mount FE 24mm F1.4 GM
- Tamron (Canon) 17-35 2.8-f4 with MC-11 adapter
Examine the remaining components of my astrophotography setup.
Sony a7C is the best camera for star tracking.
Because of its diminutive size and weight, the Sony A7c is an excellent camera for star tracking. Unfortunately, most star trackers have weight limits. However, the A7c’s form factor ensures this will not be an issue.
I paired the A7c with the Tamron 17-35 2.8-4 and an MC-11 adapter for star tracking. Unfortunately, it appears that Tamron has ceased production of this lens, but I still consider it the best tracking option because of how well it handles coma.
Sony a7C is the most affordable Camera for Astrophotography
The Sony A7c is an excellent full-frame camera at a reasonable price. It comes roughly the same price as the A7iii, which is $1800. I prefer it better since the focus is quicker, it can autofocus during video, and it has a smaller form factor.
Consider the Nikon Z5 as an additional option if you are constrained financially. The low light sensor and excellent ergonomics are included. However, there is no bright monitor option available on this model.
Overall, the Sony a7C is worth considering if you are interested in astrophotography. Its full-frame sensor, high ISO capabilities, and other advanced features make it a versatile and powerful tool for capturing stunning night sky images.
The Sony A7c delivers excellent results when used for star photography. It has the performance level of a professional camera, a brilliant monitor mode, an outstanding sensor, and terrific lens selections, and it’s not too expensive. It functions well as a star chart, and its compact size makes it an ideal travel companion for use during the evening hours.
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Ancient Skies: A Documentary by Grant Wakefield
“For most of the history of humankind, going back to Stone Age, the sky has served as a tool.
[…] The regularity of the motions of celestial objects enabled them to orient themselves in time and space.
[…] From the sky they gained — and we, their descendents, have inherited — a profound sense of cyclic time, of order and symmetry, and of the predictability of nature.
In this awareness lie not only the foundations of science, but our view of the universe and our place in it.”
-Dr Edwin C Krupp
Echoes of the Ancient Skies, 1983
I was booked to attend the press preview of Grant Wakefield’s documentary Ancient Skies at the Winchester Science Centre on 2 September 2014. Due to work commitments on the day, I was unable to make the screening and have subsequently been kindly provided with a viewing of the documentary by Pete Glastonbury, who was involved with its production.
A preview link to Ancient Skies here states it is ‘A 4k Full Dome planetarium documentary exploring the connection between Neolithic civilisation and the night sky, and the emerging science of Archaeo-Astronomy ‘. It begins with the statement: ‘I think that the people who built these monuments were engaged in looking at some of the big questions. The sort of questions that we all ask:
- Who am I?
- Where have I come from?
- Where exactly am I?’
Opening scenes including the Milky Way moving across pristine night skies overlaid with a sublime lament by
The natural curiosity of man to know of and define his position in time and space probably arose along with self consciousness itself. Ancient Skies considers our relationship with azimuth, pure direction, which is derived solely from the movements of the heavens. Over generations, ever more precise mapping of celestial bodies enabled the development of accurate calendars, navigation instruments, etc. Ancient Skies does not, however, offer merely a history lesson in the development of mathematics, astronomy, and related science over the millennia. Not long into the documentary there is an intriguing reference to an accidental discovery of a solar effect by light artist Charles Ross in 1970, described by the gentleman himself. Not being previously aware of this discovery, I found his description of the manner in which he became aware of what is a primal solar form fascinating.
Before writing was first invented in Iraq around 3,000 BC, stone circles, stone rows, quoits, chambered cairns and barrows of the Neolithic period were built, from around 4,800 BC, concentrated in the regions bordered by western Ireland, eastern Poland and North Africa. Ancient Skies contends that this represents a forging of links between humans and the sky, helping conceptualise time for our Neolithic ancestors. A brief history of the development of the sometimes controversial subject of ‘archaeo-astronomy’ is outlined, referencing Gerald Hawkins and his 1965 publication Stonehenge Decoded, which caught the public imagination, together with the works of Alexander Thom, who systematically analysed over 600 Megalithic sites, suggesting the use of a ‘Megalithic yard’, as well as solar, lunar and other celestial events being linked to certain monuments.
The documentary moves to Ireland and a location at a bend in the river Boyne where Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were constructed, sourcing materials from a distance of 50 miles. Newgrange alone is estimated to have required two million man hours to construct over many generations. The discovery by Michael O’Kelly at the winter solstice on 21 December 1967 of a band of light illuminating the chamber at Newgrange for a few minutes is cited as a giant achievement of the ancient world and the associated ‘rock art’ as having meaning and showing intention, particularly that on kerbstone 67, offering tantalising similarities to the primal solar form accidentally discovered by Charles Ross in 1970.
Ancient Skies then moves north to the Outer Hebrides, the Isle of Lewis and Callanish, looking at traces of the community that inhabited the island around 3000BC, also investigating the Old Woman of the Moors, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, out of whose belly the moon is said to rise. The Orkney islands are visited, and the Neolithic village of approximately 3200BC at Skara Brae, first revealed during the winter of 1850 when Orkney was battered by a great storm, is explored. Ancient Skies examines similarities between ‘rock art’ lozenges and spirals at Newgrange and Skara Brae.
Inevitably, the documentary moves south to Stonehenge standing in lonely vigil on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, a subject of endless fascination and speculation. The building phases at Stonehenge are clearly explained and illustrated, and the monument itself is beautifully filmed.The Bush Barrow Lozenge, discovered close to Stonehenge in 1808 by William Cunnington during investigations funded by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, is considered earlier in the documentary.
Ancient Skies ends with a lament to our loss of pristine skies, now that more than 50% of the worlds population lives in towns and cities blanketed in artificial light, suggesting ‘loss of the night skies reduces us, as does any movement away from a direct experience of nature.’
This documentary covers a period of British prehistory and a subject matter I am keenly interested in. It serves the subject well and I found it genuinely thought-provoking and beautifully filmed. It left me saddened that we may never see what our ancestors saw in their Ancient Skies.
Thank you to Pete Glastonbury for allowing me a preview of Ancient Skies, which I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with an open mind and interest in British prehistory should it become available on general release.


RVxTESS and RVxK2 are simultaneous radial velocity observing programs with TESS (starting July 2018) and Kepler/K2 Campaign 16 (December 7, 2017 – February 25, 2018), respectively. The team is led by Dr. Sharon Xuesong Wang at Carnegie DTM, with team members across the world. Participating telescopes and instruments including Magellan/PFS, Keck/HIRES, APF, IRTF/iSHELL, SONG, MINERVA, and PARAS. We welcome new collaborations any time!
Why the name?
RVx = RV times. “x” emphasizes the simultaneity of the RVs and TESS/Kepler photometry in time. It is a silent “x” in RVxK2 or RVxTESS though, for simplicity: it’s pronounced “RV K2” and “RV TESS”. The whole group or the entire project is sometimes referred to as the “RVx” (“RV times”) collaboration or project.
December 2019: We are awarded 3.7 nights on NEID in 2020A! Due to a delay in the commissioning, our 2019B NEID program could not be executed. Therefore, we will resume our RVxTESS program on active M dwarfs in 2020A! We are still taking data with CFHT/SPIRou for 2019B, and we have finished our IRTF/iSHELL program. Please stay tuned for results.
September 2019: We are observing a few active M dwarfs with the newly online SPIRou at CFHT and also iSHELL on IRTF! The NIR RVs coupled with spectropolarimetry provided by SPIRou will inform us about the signatures of the magnetic fields of these active M dwarfs and how they are linked to stellar jitter in RVs. If commissioning of NEID goes well, we will have exquisite optical spectra and RVs as well.
August 2019: We are observing two relatively quiet Sun-like stars simultaneously with TESS and APF (PI: Howard Isaacson)! These two stars are at the opposite phase of their long term magnetic cycles, and it would be very interesting to see how they might behave similarly or differently.
March 2019: We are moving on to our second phase or RVxTESS! After a successful splinter meeting at the Kepler Science Conference V, a group of us are proposing for CFHT time to use SPIRou to observe active M dwarfs simultaneously with TESS. This is a collaboration led by three PIs from three different countries (and three proposals): Junbo Zhang (NAOC), Claire Moutou (CFHT), and Ryan Cloutier (University of Toronto).
July/August 2018: RVxTESS is happening! We are observing HD 6793 (giant) and HD 5562 (subgiant) simultaneously with Magellan Planet Finder Spectrograph (PFS) during TESS sector 1 and 2.
March 2018, RVxK2: We have concluded our RVxK2 runs! Our Keck/HIRES high cadence nights were terribly snowed out, unfortunately, but we have successfully gather data on HIP 44072 and HD 76445 for a few hours. Please stay tuned for science results and data release! Our target list and telescope coverage is available here.
If you would like to join us, please read and agree to our collaboration agreement and email Sharon your intent to join: bit.ly/rvxagree
We have now begun our RVxTESS observations! Here’s a list of our RVxTESS team members (in a completely random order):
General: Jason Wright, Jacob Luhn (Penn State), Elisabeth Newton (MIT), Heather Cegla (Geneva Obs), Andrew Vanderbug (UT Austin), Dan Huber (University of Hawaii/IfA), Tim Bedding (University of Sydney).
The Chinese RV team (using CFHT/SPIRou): Junbo Zhang, Huijuan Wang, Yujuan Liu (NAOC).
Members from the CFHT/SPIRou science team: Claire Moutou (CFHT), Ryan Cloutier (University of Toronto/Harvard CfA), Julien Morin (University of Montpellier), Jason Rowe (Bishops University), Neil Cook (Université de Montréal).
The PFS team, including Johanna Teske (Carnegie Obs/DTM), Steve Shectman, Ian Thompson, Jeff Crane (Carnegie Obs), Paul Butler (Carnegie DTM), Jennifer Burt (MIT).
The Keck/HIRES team, including Andrew Howard (Caltech), Howard Isaacson (UC Berkeley).
The MINERVA team, including John Johnson, Jason Eastman, Amber Medina (Harvard/CfA).
Lick/APF team, including, Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley), Paul Robertson (UC Irvine), Stephen Kane (UC Riverside), Brad Holden (UCSC).
The IRTF/iSHELL team, Peter Plavchan, Bryson Cale (George Mason Univ.), Angelle Tanner (Mississippi State Univ.), Jonathan Gagné (Carnegie DTM), Michael Gully-Santiago (NASA Ames).
Our RVxK2 team include: Jason Wright , John Johnson, Fabienne Bastien, Jacob Luhn, Jennifer Burt, Elisabeth Newton, Jason Eastman, Johanna Teske, Heather Cegla, Peter Plavchan, Angelle Tanner, Jonathan Gagné, Andrew Vanderburg, Courtney Dressing, Paul Robertson, Stephen Kane, Abhijit Chakraborty, Frank Grundahl, Bryson Cale, Brad Holden, Howard Isaacson, Andrew Howard, and Paul Butler.


The cargo ship "Progress MS-14" will go to the international space station on April 25, 2020. Witness this launch!
The "Progress MS-14" will go into orbit using the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch is scheduled for April 25, 2020. The ship will deliver on board the orbital complex fuel, food, water and other cargoes necessary for the station operation in manned mode.
Progress MS-14 cargo ship to ISS 25th April 2020
We have prepared the program of stay for tourists who can see museums of the closed object - the most cosmodrome "Baikonur" and a regime of the same name city.
Meanwhile, on April 9 is scheduled to launch a manned ship "Union MS-16" with another long expedition. The main crew includes astronauts Roscosmos Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrei Babkin, as well as NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy. For the first time, the ship with the crew will be sent to the ISS with a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which consists entirely of Russian components.
Progress MS-13 (№ 443, according to the classification of NASA Progress 74 or 74P) - a spacecraft transport cargo ship (TGK) series "Progress", which was launched to the ISS December 6, 2019 at 12:34 Moscow time from the launch pad 31 Baikonur and successfully launched into Earth orbit.
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a unique scientific and technical complex. Over the last 50 years it has become the largest cosmodrome in the world. Its area is 7000 sq.km; its length is 75 km from north to south and 90 km from west to east.
The cosmodrome includes 9 launch complexes (15 launch pads); 11 test facilities, 3 fuelling stations for spacecraft and 2 airfields.
At present, Baikonur is open for worldwide cooperation in space exploration, for new generation orbital stations, for manned space, which is the only and largest spaceport in the world.
Programme for visiting Baikonur facilities
*The cosmodrome is a regime facility and requires authorization documents.
**The Kazakhstan visa is required for foreign nationals to obtain permits.
***The cost varies from program to program and number of people.
**** There is a special regime of safe operation on the territory of the Cosmodrome and Baikonur city. Entry to and exit from the cosmodrome and the town of Baikonur are carried out through specially equipped checkpoints with special passes. Documents are submitted 28 days in advance, for access and stay in the city and at Baikonur Cosmodrome. To obtain a permit, foreign nationals must have a Kazakhstani visa.
The cost includes:
Cost does not include:
*The programme can be adjusted depending on the time of launch of the rocket, time of arrival at Kyzylorda airport or Toretam railway station.


The 20th-century space race transformed the world and the way humans exist in it. Not a few years, but it was a decades-long worth of hard work, struggle, and dedication of innovation and engineering between countries with conflicting ideologies driving the boundaries of science to reach where humans never had.
This month’s competition appears like a space-off, with two billionaires laying everything on the line to become riders of their rockets into space and to see who can ace a PR stunt the best. This move is envisioned to be a showy confidence boost for customers seeking their joyrides.
The announcement that Jeff Bezos, the founder of the biggest e-commerce platform Amazon and world’s richest man, was prepping to head into space on the launch of his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was tagged-along with the news from within Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic empire that the tycoon might look to steal the show with an Independence Day spectacular of his own.
Branson’s team quickly responded to the rumors and downplayed the prospects, stating a date for his first spaceflight had to be shortlisted. But what some might view as vain billionaires taking real-life rocket rides as playthings, the event highlights how close the profitable yet still flourishing commercial space industry has come to casually launching passengers into outer-space and attaining a goal that was two-decades in the making.
After much speculation, Virgin Galactic launched its boss, Branson, along with two pilots and three employees, on Sunday, July 11th, 2021, from New Mexico. Bezos departed nine days later in a fully automated capsule from West Texas. While Branson had a flight crew, who appeared in a Hollywood-style video trailer, all donning Star Trek-esque uniforms, Bezos managed to gain some good press, owing to his popularity and that of Wally Funk’s as well. The latter, who’s the pilot now in her 80s, was averted from space in the 1960s because she’s a woman.
In contrast to these two billionaires, Bill Gates has asserted he has no interest in going to space and would instead spend his money on vaccines. He shares that the Gates Foundation can purchase enough measles vaccines to save a life for $1000. Contrary to this statement, if you learn his house, the garage alone houses 23 cars worth $130m. Even so, the Gates Foundation happens to be the largest charitable foundation in the world, aimed at improving healthcare and eliminating poverty across the globe.
To one’s surprise, neither Branson nor Bezos’s mission involved orbiting the Earth. Is it then a roller coaster journey up and down?


vinyl record, turntable, slide projector, smoke machine and speaker
Gravity's Rainbow takes the 12" vinyl record of Pink Flyod's Dark Side of the Moon (1973, the same year Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow was published) and expands it into a light and sound installation. Using a slide projector, a thin sliver of light is projected across the vinyl grooves at an extremely oblique angle creating a iridescent reflection on the wall reminiscent of Saturn's rings. The soundtrack to the installation is created by placing the needle of the turntable in the last groove of the record which in turn produces a wash of white noise similar to the sound of background radiation of the cosmos as picked up from deep space radio telescopes.
Accompany the installation is the Dark Side of the Moon LP cover from the record used in the installation, a LIFE book titled "THE UNIVERSE" and photograph of the orbiting light rings.
Light Jet Photograph Installation View LIFE Nature Library: The Universe (Book, 1971)
Page open to Spectral Star Analysis using prism.
Dark Side of the Moon (LP Cover, 1973)


Levan, which is located in Utah, got its name from "navel" which is levan spelt backwards. It was named this because it is in the center of Utah.
It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
The Nile river is 6,690 kilometers long.
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A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION
How did it begin? the scientist asks.
The wonder of life, the earth, the stars,
Born out of mist from some far part
Of the galaxy, so huge, and yet itself,
Just part of our celestial wealth?
Why did it begin? the scientist asks.
Electrons and protons, why should they be,
Why heat and light, and things with shape,
Why a world of time and space,
Wherein all things can take their place?
When did it begin? the scientist asks.
Was there one big bang in a distant past,
Or does it happen all the time,
Energy to mass and back again,
A steady state that must remain?
Where did it begin? the scientist asks.
But place is only relative.
What is moving, what is still,
Can we even believe our sight,
When so much depends on the speed of light?
What made it begin? the scientist asks.
What gave us life and a conscious mind,
To think and wonder why we're here,
To have a choice of love or hate,
And wisdom to decide our fate?
Who knows the truth? the scientist asks.
Perhaps somewhere there could be some
Supreme intelligence, whereby such things
Are ruled somehow.... there might...
Why yes. By God! That could be right.


A weird thought has stuck in my mind :)
What ever we see, we see it because for light. If there is no light or if the light doesn't reflects on an object we don't see that particular thing...right?
Though light travels in high speed (300,000 kilometers per second)...it still takes time. If I see a star tonight, though i feel I'm seeing it, that star may not exist even! Because I'm seeing the light of that star which has started it's journey few hundreds or million years ago! It may have been exploded some million years ago! When we take our dear ol' Sun...it is some 8 or so light minutes away. So if the Sun vanishes to thin air...we still won't notice that change for 8 or so minutes! We will still have sun shine!!! isn't that strange...
Now what about things right in front of me. I'm typing on my keyboard, looking at a monitor. Am I seeing the monitor NOW?! Whoa...this is really...creeepy! I'm seeing a monitor which existed some millions nano seconds ago. Because I'm seeing a light which is 'old' I'm not seeing the real monitor which exists 'now'. Oops...then what is the definition of 'now'? What if I look in the mirror...whoa...it's not real ME...I'm seeing my PAST :O
WHAT IS REAL!!!????


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Movies Trailers – The Martian (2015)
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Space, Survival, Thriller
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Screenplay By: Drew Goddard
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.


Michigan Space Technologies Will Launch Low-Orbit Satellites
By Laura Cowan
Laura K. Cowan is a tech editor and journalist whose work has focused on promoting sustainability initiatives for automotive, green tech, and conscious living media outlets.
Joshua Mehay and his wife Meghan Mehay founded Michigan Space Technologies to create a service that can launch low-orbit satellites for companies that wouldn't fit in with services offered by larger provider SpaceX.
Mehay says he always had a fascination with rocketry and space and started interacting with NASA by going to American Astronomical Society meetings and meeting people from NASA and Lockheed. He decided watching SpaceX dominate the market that it was a great time to jump into the market.
The Caelus Rocket will launch low-orbit satellites into space for a fraction of the price, and with much more personal attention, than larger services such as SpaceX.
"The market is wide open for small sats and individualized satellites," Mehay explains. "The problem with SpaceX is that they don't want to deal with one satellite put up at a time. If you are on Falcon9 they are doing 35-40 satellites and you aren't the only one. People are on board with doing individual launches."
Michigan Space Technologies will use 3D-printed engines that are robust but simple to assemble, so they can be created on a basic assembly line without special skills required. The idea here is to allow small engines to come off the assembly line every day to get launched into low orbit. These rockets have 25 use cycles, too, which leaves room open to produce enough rockets to satisfy demand.
What's Needed To Create a Low-Orbit Satellite Launch Service
Companies that could use this service include environmental surveys such as hurricane surveys, farms, or other companies that need smaller satellites at lower orbit than travel to the moon or Mars. Next up in the plans is picking out sites for launchpads, getting 3D printers, and beginning test launches.
The Hornet engine will power the rocket to launch small satellites for private companies into space.
"I would like the first orbital test in February 2024," Mehay says. "My team says not possible," he laughs, "but I like to get it done." The company is currently raising funding and creating brand awareness. The plan is to stay in Michigan, which Mehay describes as an incredibly robust state in the space industry with over 600 companies in the industry. "We will work with companies to get their satellites into space," Mehay says. "We will work with lay people on the fringes of space."
The current challenge, as usual in the Midwest, is a lack of funding and infrastructure, so this new company will continue to seek funding while building out the infrastructure they can on their own. They're looking for entrepreneurs and investors who want to be part of a company and new industry like this from the ground up, to be a part of building something special. To learn more about their rocket technology or how you can get involved, you can visit the Michigan Space Technologies website.


Putting Buzz on Mars
Red Horizon VR: Human Journey to Mars
Programmer/Tech Art - Unity
A collaboration with Purdue's future astronauts in AAE and NASA for the Human Journey to Mars Project. The purpose is to simulate what life might be like on Mars in the near future, focusing on the everyday life for a Martian colonist.
The absolute coolest part of this project was getting the opportunity to put Dr. Buzz Aldrin on Mars in our VR simulation. I've always had a fascination with space so this was a surely a dream come true. Buzz's thoughts on this project: "Why do you need to go to Mars when you have this?"
My greatest challenge for this project was learning the responsibility of being a lead developer on any project, as this was my first VR application to date. Looking back, the code could have been much cleaner, but due to a 3 week deadline, I knew what was important to make the application work. This project also presented an interesting challenge by meeting with the engineers, botanists, and chemists in realizing a realistic functional design. Many of the scientists had an idea of what they wanted to see in their ideal virtual environment; however, lack of time meant I had to take some creative initiatives and had to make choices in what made it to the final build. Due to the project being limited with a small time window, many features had to be cut in order to realistically implement be able to be implemented. Here I felt the pain of having to put aside cool features for the sake of putting out the final project on time, but I was even more glad the project was completed just in time for Buzz Alrdin.
This project was an exercise in crunch mode, but the funniest anecdote comes out of the night before we are presenting it to Buzz. During QA testing, the designer found a terrible audio bug, that caused horrible screeching and a high volume, basically giving anyone watching/listening a horrible scare. Not wanting to be the one risking the bug and having any chance of being the one to give Buzz Aldrin a heart attack, I worked all the night to solve the bug and ensured it was was not occurring further. Luckily the bug was quashed, and Buzz Aldrin got to experience our virtual Mars in the way it was intended by all the talented artists on the team.
As the primary developer, my tasks included programming navigation, animations, gameplay, audio, and UI. Built using Unity in C#. Ported for HTC Vive.
Here are some articles on the project: https://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/180329-Envision-open-house.html


Visit to NASA’s Spatial Observation Station.
Date: 28 March, 2019
Location: NASA's Spatial Observation Station - Robledo de Chavela, Madrid, Spain
Spain can be proud to host one of the three stations that NASA has for its purposes. Particularly, it is located in Robledo de Chavela, 60 kilometers west of Madrid, capital of Spain.This complex has 6 antennas: one of 26 meters in diameter, 4 of 34 meters in diameter and one with 70 meters in diameter.
On March 28, the members of the Spanish Atlantic Association will have the opportunity to visit the NASA Deep Space Monitoring Station in Robledo de Chavela.


A Transit of Venus is a phenomenon that occurs when the Sun, the Earth and Venus are all aligned in the sky. It is a rare event, first observed by two friends, William Crabtree of Lower Broughton, Salford, and Jeremiah Horrocks of Much Hoole near Preston, in 1639. It is known these two gentlemen corresponded, sharing their observations and knowledge, but there is no evidence that they actually met. The last transit occurred on the 5th June 2012 and the next one is due in 2117. I know all this from the copious notes provided in the programme to this show, not because I have the slightest bit of knowledge about astronomy. So I did wonder whether I would find the subject matter of this play heavy going, but my fears were unfounded as it turned out to be a well-crafted tale of friendship and love, with a bit of science for good measure!
Writer Eric Northey uses real events to inspire his story but has Horrocks (Nathan Morris) arriving at the house of Crabtree (John McElhatton) and his daughter Jenny (Lucy Ward) to share findings. The two men come from very different backgrounds and beliefs which are explored through the piece, but a common love of science and the heavens and a keenness to share. We also see a very tender bond develop between the brilliant but hesitant and clumsy Horrocks, and the studious and loving Jenny. All this is set against the background of the increasing tensions that lead to the Civil War.
There are some very engaging performances here from all the cast, a nice script that brings out the warmth and humour of the Crabtrees and has some local references which were appreciated by the audience, and strong direction from Alyx Tole. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of Jenny and Horrocks’ increasing closeness which was very well judged and tenderly done.
With its historical setting and original subject matter this play acted as a nice contrast to a lot of the 24:7 programme this year and was an unexpected treat. I even learnt a bit about history and the heavens (although I’ll have forgotten it by next week).


The Life and Death of Intermediate-mass Stars
Dr David Frew
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong.
Time & Place
Wed, 18 May 2016 11:00:00 NZST in Rutherford 701, Level 7
All are welcome
I will present an overview of our present understanding of the late-stage evolution of intermediate-mass stars (~ 1 to 8 times the mass of our Sun). Both single stars and those in binary systems will be examined. I will pay particular attention to the post-red giant phase(s) of evolution, when most of a star's mass is ejected into the ambient interstellar medium. The physical and chemical characteristics of the "planetary nebulae" that are formed at this point in a star's life provide insights into the many processes governing both stellar death and Galactic enrichment. I will conclude this talk by outlining current and future research questions in this field of astrophysics.