Archives for January 2009
CoS 88
Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:20 pm.
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The 88th edition of the Carnival of Space is being hosted this week at The Spacewriter’s Ramblings blog.
There are a variety of very good posts there, so go take a look.
-Astroprof
Two More Co-Orbitals of Earth
Published on 27 Jan 2009 at 4:25 pm.
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In my last post, I wrote about the asteroid 2009 BD, which has an orbit very nearly that of Earth’s. But, it is not Earth’s only orbital companion. I know of more than a half dozen asteroids whose orbits would be considered co-orbital with Earth. The two that I want to talk […]
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2009 BD
Published on 25 Jan 2009 at 4:36 pm.
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Earlier today, a small asteroid designated 2009 BD passed Earth. It is estimated to be about 10 meters in diameter. 2009 BD was recently discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey. An object of this size, if it had hit Earth, would likely have created an explosion similar in sized to that from an […]
NASA’s WB-57 Aircraft
Published on 24 Jan 2009 at 10:31 pm.
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The same hangar at Ellington Field that houses NASA’s C-9B also houses the agency’s two WB-57 aircraft. So, I got to see them when I was there for the microgravity flight.
Out of over 400 various variants B-57s built, only two still fly. NASA operates both of them to fly high altitude research missions. […]
CoS 87
Published on 23 Jan 2009 at 2:13 pm.
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The Carnival of Space is being hosted this week at The Martian Chronicles Blog. It is the 87th Carnival of Space. I’ve been a little slow blogging this week as the semester got fully rolling, so you can go over there to get your fix of space blogging.
-Astroprof
NASA to the Rear
Published on 20 Jan 2009 at 6:00 pm.
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Today marked the inauguration of our nation’s 44th president. In all of the media reports leading up to the event, I ran across an interesting note. NASA was to have a part of the parade! Now, this isn’t the first time that NASA was featured in a presidential inaugural parade. President Bush’s 2001 inaugural parade […]
The Super Guppy
Published on 19 Jan 2009 at 3:43 pm.
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Eons ago, when I was in elementary school, every few months or so, the teacher brought us a catalog from the Scholastic Book Club. We got to order some rather inexpensive, age appropriate books. While some kids never ordered anything, I always looked forward to it, and eager waited for the books to […]
