Minuteman III ICBM launches from Vandenberg, AFB
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 8, 2012
Minuteman III lifts-off from the California coastline today. (USAF)A Minuteman III missile with an unarmed re-entry vehicle was launched on a test flight this morning from Vandenberg, AFB in California.Fog and low visibility combined with a communication link issue delayed the planned night time lift-off into the early dawn giving spectators along the coastline a [...]
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Russian Progress cargo craft docks to space station
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Progress craft sails to a docking with space station. (NASA)A Russian cargo craft loaded with equipment and supplies successfully docked to the International Space Station today.The 24-foot long spacecraft spent two days traveling up to the orbiting outpost with fresh supplies for the crew of six living and working aboard.Live video sent down by the [...]
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Treasurer’s Report
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 5, 2012
by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer Membership for the current fiscal year is now up to 72, which is 6 members ahead of the same time last year but a way to go from our recent-year final count of close to 90. Total revenue for the fiscal year to date is about ,200. With our annual insurance [...]
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PETA wants chimp ‘empathy’ museum at KSC
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 4, 2012
WASHINGTON — Animal rights activists with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today requested permission to use unused buildings at the Kennedy Space Center for a “Chimpanzee Empathy Museum” that would honor some of NASA’s earliest test pilots — and put a spotlight on modern-day experimentation. “PETA’s exhibit will show that while NASA [...]
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January 25, 2012 AAAP Board of Trustee’s Meeting
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 29, 2012
Larry Kane, Secretary The meeting was called to order by Director Ludy D’Angelo. Director: Ludy noted how much of the media reacted to the last, uneventful, coronal mass ejection. Ludy suggested that we could use a public outreach in Princeton to raise awareness of the night sky. Member John Church noted that November 5, 1962 [...]
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From the Outreach Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 22, 2012
by David Letcher, Outreach Chair So far this 2012 season has seen us scheduled for three star parties. January 26th was to be our first of the season at Antheil School in Ewing, NJ, but very cloudy weather put a damper on that one. The next one was a very successful but chilly evening at [...]
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Recent Geologic Activity on the Moon?
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 21, 2012
Newly detected series of narrow linear troughs are known as graben, and they formed in highland materials on the lunar farside. These graben are located on a topographic rise with several hundred meters of relief revealed in topography derived from LROC stereo images. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution Recent images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance [...]
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Bright Peaks, Dark Shadows
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 20, 2012
MESSENGER image of Mercury's Amaral crater The 68-mile (109-km) -wide Amaral crater on Mercury reveals its brightly-tipped central peaks in this image, acquired by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft on Feb. 4, 2012. Long shadows are cast by the crater’s peaks and rugged rim (north is to the left.) The image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation [...]
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Two iPhone 4′s headed to space station on final shuttle flight
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 18, 2012
A pair of apple iPhone 4′s will launch into earth orbit in July aboard the final space shuttle flight and will be used by astronauts during a series of experiments aboard the International Space Station. Each iPhone 4 model will have a special application loaded to test the calibration of the smart phone in space, [...]
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EPA’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal Focuses on Core Environmental and Human Health Protections / EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 17, 2012
WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of .344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is 5 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012 U.S. EPA Radiation News
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