Tag: "space"
Yuri’s Night in the Bay Area
51 years ago on April 12th, 1961, the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history as the first human to enter outer space. Exactly 20 years later, the United States innovated the space age by launching the Space Shuttle (April 12th, 1981). Yuri’s Night, which commemorates these events, aims to celebrate humanity’s past present and future in space launches Yuri’s Night celebrations this week around the world.
Post on Apr 10, 2012 by Cat from QUEST Northern California
Celebrate Science with SETI this Summer
Learn more about SETI's mission and goals at this family friendly event on July 23rd.
Post on Jul 12, 2011 by Laura Khalil
Celebrating 50 Years with Yuri
50 years ago the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1” on April 12th, 1961 by Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history as the first human to enter outer space. Yuri’s Night was created to connect and inspire the globe about human spaceflight.
Post on Apr 14, 2011 by Cat
NASA's Cosmic Two-For-One Deal: A Return to Comet Tempel 1
On February 14, 2011, NASA encountered the comet Tempel 1 using the recycled Stardust spacecraft. For the first time in history, they visited the same comet twice – affording them the opportunity to observe changes in the icy body.
Post on Feb 25, 2011 by Ben Burress
Famous African-American Astronauts
This April is the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagiran going into space, the 30th Anniversary of the first US Space Shuttle Columbia launching into space and the 10th Anniversary of Yuri’s Night.
Post on Feb 03, 2011 by Cat
Every Little Bit Counts
Ever tried to count the stars in the sky on some clear, lazy night, or the kind that fall from the sky during a meteor shower? How about craters on the Moon, or distant galaxies in deep space? If you like this kind of work, there is a job for you! Several, in fact….
Post on Nov 05, 2010 by Ben Burress
Spitzer Samples an Assortment of Asteroids
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that asteroids may have more variety than once imagined.
Post on Sep 10, 2010 by Ben Burress
The Sun—Live In Your Own Backyard!
Chabot volunteers are running a live solar observatory for the public.
Post on May 07, 2010 by Ben Burress
Pluto On the Horizon!
Since childhood I've been fascinated by Pluto—probably more for our lack of knowing it than for anything we actually know.
Post on Apr 23, 2010 by Ben Burress
Science Event Pick: BOSS of the Night Sky
KTVU Channel 2 health and science editor John Fowler will moderate a panel of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists who use phenomena such as exploding stars and gravitational lenses to explore the dark cosmos.
Post on Oct 22, 2009 by Kishore Hari
Hubble Gets a New Lease on Space
Hubble Space Telescope gets upgrades and repairs… for the last time.
Post on May 22, 2009 by Ben Burress
When a Cosmo's More Than a Cocktail: Yuri's Night at Cal Academy
208 parties in 46 countries on eight continents celebrated Yuri Alexyevich Gagarin between April 6 and 12th of this year. Who is Yuri and why does he deserve such accolades?
Post on Apr 15, 2009 by Cat
Producer's Notes: LCROSS Rocket to the Moon
The goal is to see if water exists on the moon and if it does, buried deep beneath the lunar soil, accumulating over millions of years of impacts with comets, it would accelerate our efforts to establish a permanent lunar base.
Post on Apr 07, 2009 by Sheraz Sadiq
NASA's Kepler: Staring Down Earth-like Planets
For several years there has been a lot of buzz about the detection of extra-solar planets, or exoplanets: planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. However, due to the limits in technology and observational capabilities, to date only large, gas giant planets orbiting close to the stars (so called "Hot Jupiters") have been found, with a possible exception or two.
Post on Feb 27, 2009 by Ben Burress
Age of Aquarius: Are We There Yet?
"Can you tell me about the upcoming beginning of the Age of Aquarius?" said the voice on the phone. "I heard that it starts this Saturday…."
Post on Feb 13, 2009 by Ben Burress
Globe At Night: Measuring Light Pollution with Human Eyes
Want a chance to do some "citizen" science, contribute to an international investigation, and have some fun to boot? An opportunity is coming up in March: Globe At Night. All you need is your eyes….
Post on Jan 16, 2009 by Ben Burress
Reporter's Notes: Looking for Mars Life on Planet Earth
When I hear about searching for alien life, it's hard not to think about all those science fiction movies with little green men and Earth-destroying spacecraft. But it's an idea that's far from science fiction for scientists at NASA Ames.
Post on Nov 14, 2008 by Lauren Sommer
Asteroid 2008 TC3 Strikes Earth!
News Flash! Asteroid 2008 TC3, on a collision trajectory with Earth, made a meteoric atmospheric entry into the skies above Sudan, Central Africa Tuesday morning, October 7th (local time-about 7:46 PM PDT). Entering the atmosphere at a speed of 12.8 kilometers per second, it exploded with the force of a low-level nuclear bomb…
Post on Oct 09, 2008 by Ben Burress
Expressly Venus
With all the attention that the exploration of certain other planets has received lately, I feel that Venus exploration has fallen off our radar a bit, and that it is high time for an update.
Post on Sep 26, 2008 by Ben Burress
Messages from Mercury
MESSENGER is the space probe that NASA sent to Mercury to give the Solar System's innermost planet the first up-close look since 1975, when Mariner 10 flew by. The MESSENGER's main mission will begin in earnest when it returns to Mercury and finally settles into an orbit around the planet, on March 18th 2011.
Post on Jul 30, 2008 by Ben Burress
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