Archives for April 2008
End of the semester approaching
Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 4:44 pm.
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Filed under college teaching.
… and I can’t wait!
As always, the last two weeks of the semester are a bear. There are a mountain of papers to grade, exams to write, and end of semester forms to fill out to keep the college’s administration happy. A large part of my time spent in these last two weeks […]
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CoS 51
Published on 24 Apr 2008 at 1:45 pm.
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This week, the Carnival of Space (CoS), the 51st edition, is being hosted at AstroEngine. I have been amazingly busy lately, and I have not had time to keep up with blogging much. So, I didn’t submit anything to this carnival. However, it showcases some of the better space related blog writings of the last […]
Earth Day 2008
Published on 22 Apr 2008 at 8:54 pm.
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Filed under Earth, politics.
April 22, 1970, I went to school as on any other day. Only that day, many of the lessons were on Earth and the environment. That was the first Earth Day. I remember that we had an aluminum recycling contest going on in the school that had been going on since Christmas […]
377 Days
Published on 20 Apr 2008 at 10:16 am.
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Yesterday, when the TMA-11 Soyuz touched down in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson was aboard. She was returning to Earth after having spend 192 days in space, all but about two of which was on the International Space Station. She was just finishing serving as the commander of the ISS Expedition 16 mission. Now, […]
Soyuz TMA-11 lands short
Published on 19 Apr 2008 at 10:04 am.
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Filed under space exploration, space station.
Earlier today, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft returned to Earth, having spent about six months at the International Space Station. Now, that doesn’t mean that the entire crew spent that long there. Peggy Whitson and Yuri Malenchenco rode the craft up and back. However, Malaysian astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor flew to the […]
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Cassini mission extended
Published on 18 Apr 2008 at 7:25 pm.
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In a news release a few days ago, cash strapped NASA has decided to keep funding the Cassini mission for two more years. Cassini is a several billion dollar two ton unmanned spacecraft that is currently orbiting Saturn. It was one of the last of NASA’s signature large expensive space missions (such as […]
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News travels the internet faster than the speed of facts.
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 3:23 pm.
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Filed under asteroids, public science.
A little over a year ago, I wrote about the asteroid 99942 Apophis. For those of you who don’t check out that link, Apophis is an asteroid that will be passing very close to Earth in coming years, particularly in 2029 and in 2036. The asteroid will be so close that it will […]
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