https://www.livingspace.earth/home daily 1.0 2020-05-26 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2020/5/nasa-spacex-ready-to-launch-crew-dragon-demo-2 monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2020/3/washington monthly 0.5 2020-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396815811-OCXMMPGC5GAKDC2X0ECZ/IMG_6414+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill It is truly outstanding how many brilliant minds and organizations take part in a NASA project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584397229938-0U5Y9BKNVHSXY76UGS3G/IMG_6363.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill The frigid, rainy next day - heading back to NASA HQ… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395191703-O4MEA2W232GSN3TD0E0D/IMG_6375+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396728619-DPYDNEZIFO2K7ZF1BRD4/IMG_6412+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill Pontus Brandt, Interstellar Probe PI at Johns Hopkins over in Maryland, gives us a lunch briefing in the chambers of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584525286287-MXF2Z2F6BS27BXOLF858/Antonio+Peronace+for+The+Planetary+Society+1+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A group photo on the rooftop (Photo: Antonio Peronace for The Planetary Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395562311-DW04J2OF0Z39XAANIWDJ/IMG_6312+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A view from the roof of said office building. We attempted to view the NG-13 Antares launch from NASA Wallops, just 180km (110mi) away. The launch was scrubbed, but we enjoyed the sunset over Washington! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395024988-CB5JYXTDIGD96AASPET7/IMG_6160+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A view of Georgetown University, National Cathedral, and Maryland flying into the gorgeous DC area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396201481-AZR5Y81WUDJCP8WP5VNH/IMG_6403+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill One of my trademark blurry selfies on the House side, in this case, echoing The West Wing’s walk-and-talks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395793551-0ZKYNI42WEJP5M4BHTL1/IMG_6299+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill Front, L-R: Robert Picardo, Bill Nye, and Casey Dreier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584477410803-VFPXLS4P0UVTHRAQWAB8/IMG_6390.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill The Hart Senate building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395159027-UR2GV5RASUZ72RPCV5JG/IMG_6369+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396878866-Z9B74KM834EN29LF2HIK/IMG_6426+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A view out the window - Cannon’s inner courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584397020672-XSXF4D74AA2CTV8QOVDK/IMG_6462+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill … followed by a visit to the Space Policy Institute! On to future meetings and future Washingtonian adventures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395250895-5NAPROP2CRNLS49UZL3X/IMG_6376+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395480633-DRXY0H77NVRLWWXWU6XM/IMG_6291+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill Space advocates assemble at a K Street office building in downtown Washington for our training session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396678063-FN2O9WAGGFFG5BJ5WW3A/IMG_6433+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A typical underground view. Signage is sparse, so bring your sense of direction! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584395133560-953O0P1AO2LIDZIB6VCT/IMG_6368+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396304907-Z8FJA00PX7498DAG35VR/IMG_6387+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A busy day outside Marco Rubio’s office, with several hallway meetings covering different topics underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1584396931452-GVXI5TBNOCDFPAXDLBZO/IMG_6430+copy.jpg Home - A Day of Action and Spaceflight Advocacy on Capitol Hill A reminder of where you are in the world. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/9/what-i-learned-at-spacefest-x monthly 0.5 2019-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568948131693-VKWNBQ2OK9D4CO38MBNW/IMG_3034+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Grant Anderson presents ECLSS technicalities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947673529-RGNO42IPBMV4XPO9XJJU/Melvin+Croft%27s+co-author+copy.jpeg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X L-R: Melvin Croft, Gennady Padalka, and the author. (Photo: John Youskauskas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947944965-L7X3YP15DKM9AW7P6JXA/IMG_3018+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Carolyn Porco mid-lecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1569020287556-KRA3SGS105HHAZDWPABV/IMG_3118%2Bcopy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Spacefest guests at the cocktail reception preceding the banquet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947561073-58DP0QVQQDB7W8JGC78V/IMG_2971+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X “Mars Hill,” Death Valley, with the painting it inspired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568948054511-1P6VSCPS1B0UP1Y2WZAM/Ron+Sparkman+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X The author and Spacefest attendees speak with Carolyn Porco following her lecture. (Photo: Ron Sparkman/Stardom) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1569228080102-Y8JPUT1SPIVMVEXE1C9T/69455629_10157566874917390_7277390778161168384_o.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Max-Q performs after the banquet to a crowd of happy people! L-R: Pinky Nelson (bass), Jim Wetherbee (drums), Brewster Shaw (guitar), Hoot Gibson (guitar), Steve Hawley (keyboard). (Photo: Mark Usciak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1569102085719-W2A9FQNBV6LLW55FO0ZI/IMG_2989+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X The famous Spacefest patio evenings are almost as important as the lectures themselves. The space community has a unique and welcoming sense of belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947758265-UYHZ251ZVO7BIO5IRRJX/IMG_3011+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X …and my viewpoint! L-R: John Youskauskas, Melvin Croft, and Gennady Padalka. John and Melvin are the authors of a fantastic new book on payload specialists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947547897-UMCPOTJLLVSU8FMW56NE/IMG_2963%2Bcopy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X The IAAA panel underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568948250022-ZQZ38AUQADI9UW98ZG9F/IMG_3040%2Bcopy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Some of the details included in Anderson’s powerpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1569020310746-85DHWYDGRONUGSWKBU9Q/Mark+Rigby+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Some of the “Spacefest leftovers” the day after the event ended. L-R: Mark Rigby, Heather Henry, David Henry, and the author. (Photo: Mark Rigby) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1568947892607-E2PNSNGGK6H1Z46CINLM/IMG_3112+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X The author with Gennady Padalka on the following day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1569020685664-TSDVO8Y2OQ2CH8G03IP3/IMG_3150+copy.jpg Home - What I Learned at Spacefest X Spaceflight historian Jay Gallentine presenting on Luna 15. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/8/annotated-bibliography-apollo-11-50th-anniversary-literature monthly 0.5 2019-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564970125836-DHIWLGAW7JG75JQI6JWO/I-Was-A-Teenage-Space-Reporter_LR.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of LID Publishing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564980571869-04AFPVZH6N28S2S1JHNP/9781426220050.jpeg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564992175479-CFR2I6VAPMRXFET17K8N/9781588346490.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564992857917-H2WDLHW11MAMSF0FHYM1/9780307463470.jpeg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564992535300-KZLEXBHRY01HU8I03BHJ/9781524798123.jpeg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564993042889-VNOCJ7NRPOSMCKKCQC8F/9780374537760.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Macmillan Publishers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564969919120-KX0L2M05PKQVV7V5T1OP/x800.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of HarperCollins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564991895047-QE4C8Y150KB3O8VZHZ41/Donovan_ShootForTheMoon_HC.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564993456775-G8UDWNQGDWBSL2AGED82/FirstMan.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Astronaut Central) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564992018510-SAHC2XO6SAHP39RV5OH5/9781538748503.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Grand Central Publishing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564992640570-B5ZK80I3SMWTZ8IUDIE3/9781785785122-768x1229.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of Icon Books) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1564993911526-6LL8J2I56ATQ2SNTN7UC/md19523438425.jpg Home - Annotated Bibliography: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary (Courtesy of abebooks) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/7/an-apollo-computer-lands-on-the-moon-in-naples-fl monthly 0.5 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1563598412468-8KSJYR45HQ5OD18IHD3Z/IMG_1979%2Bcopy.jpg Home - An Apollo Computer Lands on the Moon in Naples, FL Eldon Hall (left) and Jimmie Loocke (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1563598932354-N9NNDF6JNAC66MX1HFUZ/IMG_2050+copy.jpg Home - An Apollo Computer Lands on the Moon in Naples, FL Eldon Hall (seated with his wife Grace) speaks with Carl Claunch about the AGC’s diodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1563598629102-1DLP5STJ3J0J99KE8HUA/IMG_2061+copy.jpg Home - An Apollo Computer Lands on the Moon in Naples, FL Ken Shirriff, Mike Stewart, and Carl Claunch work on the AGC. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/6/a-writer-describes-a-falcon-heavy-launch monthly 0.5 2019-09-20 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/5/space-pioneers-spring-banquet-lessons-from-the-past-and-advice-for-the-future monthly 0.5 2019-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1558324829700-K4K9HXKPTZU3STI8GSJA/IMG_0917+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Spring Banquet: Lessons from the Past and Advice for the Future The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Panel. L-R: Lee Solid, John Tribe, Bob Sieck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1558324954220-73TG0J2Z25KUYL0VQPVL/IMG_0904+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Spring Banquet: Lessons from the Past and Advice for the Future The Space Pioneers Spring Banquet underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1558324732052-FMVORNBGQ1LCP0FZZ32A/60227156_10155898541592041_8036789250051538944_o.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Spring Banquet: Lessons from the Past and Advice for the Future L-R: Former NASA pilot and USAF astronaut Al Crews, mission-patch artist Tim Gagnon, and spaceflight communicators Beverly Rother and Chris Boyd ready for an exciting panel! (Photo: Space Pioneers) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/5/book-review-i-was-a-teenage-space-reporter-by-david-chudwin monthly 0.5 2019-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557798127427-VY5WABN3GBDLQU07MIQQ/IMG_8995.jpg Home - Book Review: "I Was A Teenage Space Reporter" by David Chudwin David Chudwin with the Author at the Space Coast book release party, attended by over a dozen spaceflight figures and friends at the famed restaurant, Zarrella’s. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/5/what-is-it-like-to-cover-a-rocket-launch-from-wallops monthly 0.5 2019-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557195355164-9NE49ZXHO76F0SZ4W25B/IMG_9763+copy.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops On the bus getting ready to depart for the press site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557201059708-2F2LM6CIKWECPOUEIT3Z/IMG_9847.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops The post-launch press briefing underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557201022383-BFVICD6T37UH91EH0IAY/IMG_9753.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Traffic gathered to watch the launch along the road into Chincoteague. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557193292867-GXGYPBCILS2YYE7H6W0M/L-48%2BLaunch%2BWeather%2BForecast%2BNG-11.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops The L-48hr (2 days to launch) weather forecast NASA shared with the media prior to launch. (Image: NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557194270623-CF74SGY2O6S9CU0F74BK/thequalityoflife3.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops An Exocomp repairs an ODN conduit in Star Trek: The Next Generation. (Photo: CBS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557193997183-FV6RVTOEOVWXJ91ALWWG/IMG_9465+copy.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops NASA’s Gina Anderson begins the “What’s on Board” press briefing, broadcasted and streamed live on NASA TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557195208572-CWI6655H64O6GS8YE2PA/IMG_9697.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops The lights of the launchpad seen from Chincoteague Island on a cool, pre-launch night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557193499291-W91V6ZUH3713GV0GPD44/57244666_2517088278336520_5601131288107941888_o.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Photographer Mark Usciak sporting the Cygnus cap we received in the NG-11 press kit. (Photo: Jean Wright) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557194888517-LPSUTEL1T5I02JJN362T/IMG_9664+copy.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Maria Bualat of NASA Ames answers questions about an Astrobee model to a media member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557195685552-WI7LPTVS9WDZ0O5XS5IS/57070981_2517090295002985_551628969384869888_o.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Photographers arriving at the press site to begin NG-11 launch coverage. (Photo: Jean Wright) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557192870637-7GGBDQCBLC16ECKDCDHC/IMG_9425+copy.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops A typical street on Chincoteague Island, VA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557193941157-P9S6QE47YB1WIH98XCG3/57176893_2517104888334859_7620930776783126528_o.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Photographers assemble their remote cameras at the launchpad after the pre-launch press briefing. (Photo: Jean Wright) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1557193088218-8HYOPN1MQKN475S99KR1/IMG_9969.jpg Home - What it's Like to Cover a Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Part of Chincoteague Island’s downtown. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/4/cygnus-ng-11-successfully-launches-from-nasa-wallops monthly 0.5 2019-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555635817255-3UHT2MAHRZKURPTSU18F/IMG_9834+copy.jpg Home - NG-11 Successfully Launches to ISS from Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555666938407-ZWEFOC9MI6DGFYH6JVAI/iss.png Home - NG-11 Successfully Launches to ISS from Virginia NG-11 arrives at the ISS with a smooth capture at 5:30am EDT, seen on the station’s onboard monitors. (Image: NASA TV) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555636035238-E9H576FRFOG0MEBBB18O/Screenshot+2019-04-18+at+20.51.18.png Home - NG-11 Successfully Launches to ISS from Virginia The Antares rocket carrying the SS Roger Chaffee transits through the upper atmosphere, producing a trail of water vapor. Note the vapor trail’s shadow casting downwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555666765623-IJX420Z1REP83C3SZS47/Cygnus.png Home - NG-11 Successfully Launches to ISS from Virginia The Cygnus spacecraft stationkeeping 250 meters from the ISS during the rendezvous, just before crossing the terminator into nighttime. (Image: NASA TV) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/4/what-science-experiments-are-launching-on-ng-11 monthly 0.5 2019-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555482071066-NTCIZUQDJLD54VBNJ5CZ/IMG_9580+copy.jpg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? Bob Twiggs, ThinSat, Twiggs Space Lab, Morehead State University; and Chris Hale, ThinSat, Virginia Space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555482349420-EH1WR6BFGQDNVOADMMPR/IMG_9606+copy.jpg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? A ThinSat mockup. The upper, blue section of the satellite is devoted to student experiments. Data is downlinked back to Earth via the Globalstar network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555482563150-H9G2NIVSL8P0ISEGKGDM/Screenshot+2019-04-17+at+02.29.04.png Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? The ThinSats will be released from within the Antares’s avionics ring, not the Cygnus spacecraft. (Image: NASA TV) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555481460674-3RGE3OSKQ97DWMAPW55Q/IMG_9470+copy.jpg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? Peter Hasbrook, NASA JSC; and Liz Warren, ISS National Lab/NASA JSC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555482683081-S6W7CLNHDXWV5TJ5T06V/image-asset.jpeg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? Nina Nishiyama and Trisha Rettig, RR-12, Loma Linda University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555481510661-5GFZTB2W1Z7B566T03V9/IMG_9514+copy.jpg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? Maria Bualat, Astrobee, NASA Ames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555482276429-L3Y2ISC4I8JWF0UTTBR9/Screenshot+2019-04-17+at+02.23.52.png Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? A list of institutions involved in this mission’s ThinSat payload. (Image: NASA TV) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555481873045-1Y50YCDWZB04DQN98RSX/IMG_9546+copy.jpg Home - What Science Experiments are Launching on NG-11? Dmitry Starodubov, Fiber Optics Manufacturing in Space, FOMS Inc. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/4/antares-rocket-to-launch-from-virginia-wednesday-17-april monthly 0.5 2019-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555476784738-6OT9099MRM79Y4NOGEJ4/46901735184_27d8e8fb0c_o.jpg Home - Antares Rocket to Launch from Virginia Wednesday 17 April Inside the MPPF, technicians load the final payload into NG-11’s Cygnus tonight at Pad 0A. To the left is the Antares rocket’s “pop top” nose cone. (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555475663213-E5WHI3LZUMXG8FZHDZ9U/IMG_9650+copy.jpg Home - Antares Rocket to Launch from Virginia Wednesday 17 April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555475866744-0NGRNVTA9K21851XWCIB/Screenshot+2019-04-16+at+21.13.41.png Home - Antares Rocket to Launch from Virginia Wednesday 17 April L-24hr Weather Data. (Image: NASA TV) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1555476353572-LX43F7KSLV2LP71M9GHE/Screenshot+2019-04-17+at+00.44.58.png Home - Antares Rocket to Launch from Virginia Wednesday 17 April The MPPF at Pad 0A. The facility allows access to the spacecraft via a “pop top” in the nose cone of the rocket. (Image: NASA TV) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/3/without-the-moon-there-is-no-mars monthly 0.5 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1551470881122-AW2NAL4RCLVLIK6A9P32/marsorbit.gif Home - Op-ed: Without the Moon, There is No Mars Top-down view - the orbits of Earth and Mars around the Sun. At their closest possible approach, or “closest opposition,” Earth and Mars are still ~55 Million kilometers apart. Planet sizes not to scale. (Image: University of Oregon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1551471780297-0EZW1Z4PZ7PE4SWR9IJ4/perigee-apogee-brian-koberlein-e1443384711895.png Home - Op-ed: Without the Moon, There is No Mars Top-down view - the Earth/Moon system, displaying the actual orbit of the Moon (solid line) and its average distance (dotted line). The Moon’s average distance is ~384,000 kilometers from Earth. (Image: Brian Koberlein, courtesy of EarthSky) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/2/book-review-the-way-of-the-explorer-by-edgar-mitchell monthly 0.5 2019-02-19 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2019/2/lecture-summary-story-musgrave-and-his-space-photography monthly 0.5 2019-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549408534692-4HP2PS0E2NR0X4V38H2L/IMG_7870.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography A Shuttle launch arcs over the tail of a T-38. (Slide image: Story Musgrave) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549408593692-5GD8OXC640YO3Z245WII/IMG_7874.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography The Shuttle Orbiter being mated to the SCA. (Slide image: Story Musgrave) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549408889895-O88A54W6KUY9TQCFOTCW/IMG_7881.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography Phytoplankton seen from space. (Slide image: Story Musgrave/NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549409006919-VLZR1WQQRBR3TROBYSVU/IMG_7875.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography Story Musgrave during an EVA on STS-61, repairing the Hubble Space Telescope. (Slide image: Story Musgrave/NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549408967005-BS3IZ5HMCO6EVQR2OPG3/IMG_7883.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography Surfing atop aurorae in Earth orbit. (Slide image: Story Musgrave/NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549409042667-O99R3WLO9WNE6GGJC07E/IMG_7885.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography Story Musgrave and the Author, following the former’s presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1549408927375-JMD0GSIMKYZLER31O0AR/IMG_7880.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Story Musgrave and his Space Photography Ice floes seen from hundreds of kilometers up. There are no clouds in this photograph. (Slide image: Story Musgrave/NASA) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/12/50th-anniversary-earthrise-and-apollo-8-at-the-moon monthly 0.5 2018-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1545700978444-DURHFSDTLEX9NDS5BD74/IMG_5562.jpg Home - 50th Anniversary: Earthrise and Apollo 8 at the Moon (Photo: Author) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/12/nasa-social-wallops-flight-facility monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544320996084-7L9JYHEL7TB1SI83ZRZ5/IMG_4104+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility NASA C-130 Hercules Flying Laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544403000411-3MKI5UF137S8UIG1V40D/DSC_7228+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility The NG-11 rocket inside the HIF at Wallops being readied for its April 2019 launch. Front-back: Payload fairing, solid-fuelled second stage, liquid-fuelled first stage with two RD-181 engines installed. (Photo: Scott Adams) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544321381952-QRKP2UNEF7BJVMD3DKIA/IMG_4179+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility Inside the Sounding Rocket assembly facility. Here, engineers are stacking a rocket for its spin testing in the chamber with tan fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544318343874-ZN1U7OD8FBHO431PNHPT/IMG_3695+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility Allison Porter of Tethers Unlimited describes the Refabricator, holding a spool of recyclable plastic the device will use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544403733640-PIB5EOCYEMY668G3GLUX/IMG_3793+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility Working through the press kit in the downtime between scrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544403637510-0RVW1YKRA24PHWG4GK71/IMG_3780+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility Cygnus - Latin for “swan.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544319110240-AXLFKEHQ3GN68CG5YSB5/IMG_3706+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility Siobhan Malany holds a mockup of the “lab-on-a-chip” device carrying her research to the ISS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544320029179-Z8JQQZCQE4J9YQD85TVT/46441788_10157186373115016_2056008708680318976_o+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility NASA Social group photo at the launchpad. (Photo: Jarin Chu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544404881703-39CN6F3WH55BFGCVKCVP/DSC_0677-2+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility The deluge system produces a massive cloud of water vapor immediately after launch. This is a stunningly good photo of that phenomenon at night. (Photo: Scott Adams) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544319945841-LNADO5KL5MUI07WII844/image-asset.jpeg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility The NG-10 Antares being readied for departure from Pad 0-A at MARS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544403476573-TRGEXWG3SDVSFWOVQFY6/DSC_7367+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility A sounding rocket under construction. 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(Photo: Scott Adams) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1544319015024-BGK7T0RWIASVI0USDX86/IMG_3715+copy.jpg Home - NASA Social: Wallops Flight Facility High school students from Higher Orbits introduce their experiment on self-healing composites. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/10/space-pioneers-banquet monthly 0.5 2018-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1540938719473-KYEU2ZG5RK09277X9DNH/IMG_2896+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Banquet–Autumn 2018 Artist concept of a Vulcan Heavy rocket departing LC-41. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1540938277296-ZRPES3M49XKFX32KXCZ5/IMG_2883+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Banquet–Autumn 2018 … as banquet guests watch with enthusiasm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1540938807550-PYNT2S173URA81RLJIE8/IMG_2900+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Banquet–Autumn 2018 Vulcan performance table. The booster will have great versatility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1540939132444-5K9DJBEGEEHX5TZ3UANT/44681531_10156914879404187_9181730245860917248_o+copy.jpg Home - Space Pioneers Banquet–Autumn 2018 L-R: Ken Kremer, Jean Wright, Chris Boyd, the Author, Ron Fortson, and Charles Kuhlman. 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(Photo: Mark Usciak) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/8/for-future-generations monthly 0.5 2018-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1535752489373-7FB8V7H988X6XSACN4WP/IMG_1022.jpg Home - For Future Generations: Preserving the Apollo Guidance Computer Mike Stewart removes a logic module from the AGC at Spacefest IX. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1535752664762-HXV35VXNW252O678BVCV/IMG_1023.jpg Home - For Future Generations: Preserving the Apollo Guidance Computer The logic modules of the AGC... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1535752782858-I7U3V6LVG0YX48BASLTO/IMG_0873.jpg Home - For Future Generations: Preserving the Apollo Guidance Computer ...and the bare wires and circuits. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/8/one-shot-visiting-the-milky-way monthly 0.5 2018-11-05 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/7/spacefest-people monthly 0.5 2018-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384317038-27VNGHJJS3JOXZ7TPSWL/IMG_1061.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Midnight in the desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532306533920-WYQ8UR6KLIWWK9N3RY2K/36570426_10156555884373234_6191178185904750592_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Alas, we could not convince the pilots to have a drink with us before the flight. L-R: Richard Garner, Jamie Rich, Tom McCool, and the author. (Photo: Tom McCool) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532382427467-9YAB9LU2SQQ9UZCS8CEK/IMG_1015.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Dave Scott signs the panorama for Richard Garner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384121043-CSE6WMKS9IOTUSAQT53R/IMG_7472.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World The author, Fred Haise, and his dog Tito at Infinity in April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532382503355-DM58N5ZPUEN76X5Y2MMC/37033758_10160461224780104_6629789132459606016_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Richard made the panorama himself and had it signed by everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532307537831-QQW7X85Z0SYLK8991NV9/IMG_0856.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World I got to sit next to Hoot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532383971187-8B92JGAA4O5IO1GM9OHD/IMG_7503.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World S-IC-15 at Infinity Science Center in Mississippi. The booster is in need of restoration from being left outside at Michoud for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384430218-4F1KERRMZAS1WB9D5TZ8/IMG_1096.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World A "baby" Saguaro, still probably older than me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532306769106-3OCNQAYU6WV9H4143QX5/IMG_0764.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Jamie taking a picture of John taking a picture of Jamie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532308365518-P94AMCBY7JX2GONRMEGG/IMG_0883.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World RCS CMD to OFF after a successful pretend attitude change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532309858672-J3UZCOFLN3BUT7ZMGFW3/Agc_view.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World The AGC (left) with the DSKY (right). The DSKY was the only way to access AGC programs and information via specific series of numbers called "Verbs" and "Nouns". (Courtesy of NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384597542-3L2NWCZGIGH4AR5LNQXQ/IMG_1113.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Astronomer and Spacefest staff Nick Howes (center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532470170178-PFDZW7YLFHISSYL023P3/IMG_0751.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Feet up around the fire pit, friends everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532310763287-D2U209KQPJCM7KKAS23S/36857612_10156206100345395_626297340898050048_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Space Hipsters, assemble! (Photo: Mark Usciak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532308599808-JLVDKY0DVX64KJP5T0N7/IMG_0881.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World One eye on the SPS Tank pressures, one eye on the Moon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532310829013-XVIOAPDZAJQ4IU4DRNEY/37231543_1871187372901728_6876115518453972992_o.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World The author with Pranvera Hyseni (Photo: Pranvera Hyseni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384473779-5AHJVU1RBN72W079MMHZ/IMG_1094.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World A fully-grown, centuries old Saguaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384668641-HX32I1YQZF2RGVTBDB6C/IMG_1118.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Starr Pass at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532470082603-G29287YGVQ3IO2HTXICH/37386188_10106185049582921_7371735872326074368_o.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World That first evening on the patio. (Photo: Kim Davis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532307164475-PSDJXHVUDPVPCHQJR2T4/36768756_10156200866425395_6163118249731948544_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Author Francis French joins in. (Photo: Emily Carney) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532384352758-EPSZ4VUZFJ94N5GPA3B2/IMG_1071.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World On the patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532309551650-18M1ONUM87EXUP63KCX7/37668046_10156590646367390_3975978408478769152_o.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World L-R: Mark Usciak, Jamie Rich, and Chris Boyd sporting their Sew Sister shirts! (Photo: Mark Usciak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532307644435-HU8YT94J5LLPF3E80F5L/36798496_10216502492621020_2465204467901923328_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World The Hoot Gibson table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532309071214-871D6WI5MVS4U3QLG7VB/36834048_10156552321737390_513476736239796224_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World L-R: Emily Carney, Lois Huneycutt, and the author take a breather during a busy day. (Photo: Mark Usciak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532310432809-IJH3SG1I38Z5RP1KP556/5491_640.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Charlie Duke stands in awe of the Moon during his 3-day visit there in 1972. (NASA: AS16-114-18427) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532306830497-B7CAJ8JZKAOT9P70QM5H/36741556_10157559422006258_5167334192438050816_o.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World John taking a picture of Jamie taking a picture of John (Photo: Jamie Rich) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532308744649-AUR7FR6IQMVAB4B79Q6U/IMG_0938.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World With Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532307121926-JOWDN8BC23A56WP7LQE8/36698457_10156200866400395_616075997338402816_n.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World No comment. (Photo: Emily Carney) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1532309350939-LDI2E3HKPON1GL46O7CX/37417420_10156583043677390_429640185802653696_o.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: A Weekend on Another World Jean Wright talks with Al Worden (seated) and Francis French. (Photo: Mark Usciak) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/7/spacefest-panels monthly 0.5 2018-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531694597359-8S9S53773VCD107KJL71/IMG_0969.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures L-R: Spacefest staff/astronomer Nick Howes, moderator/space historian Francis French, astronauts Fred Haise, Walt Cunningham, Al Worden, Jack Lousma, Vance Brand, Charlie Duke, astronaut nurse Dee O'Hara, and Rick Armstrong (son of Neil). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531695128717-CGMWPC4ZWAG8AVAQS49F/IMG_1028.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures L-R: Moderator/Space Writer Emily Carney, space historian Al Hallonquist, astronauts Bo Bobko, Jack Lousma, Ed Gibson, biomedical researcher John Charles, author Mike Jenne, and space historian Jay Chladek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531608760190-HOBNXG9EW3QIEKF2LZV8/IMG_0792.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures L-R: original astronaut wives Barbara Cernan Butler, Sue Bean, and daughters Tracy Cernan Woolie and Amy Sue Bean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531609261599-Z4ACLT75ZT1VISPQ8A0E/IMG_0865.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures Rick Houston tells the story of how he got to visit the flight deck of Atlantis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531694404913-454Y1UFIETAPREEHSU9E/IMG_0908.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures Carter Emmart and astronaut Al Worden (seated) watch Earthrise over the Moon, as seen by Al in person 47 years ago. The brighter section of the Moon is metric camera footage captured by Endeavour's SIM bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531608381407-2J9KUKI83P1P9ZGUFR78/IMG_0777.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures L-R: Moderator Rod Pyle, planetary scientist Jani Radebaugh, space historian Jay Gallentine, NASA launch director Mike Leinbach, JPL engineer Marc Rayman, journalist Leonard David, and aerospace advisor/professor Patrick Ford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531609189927-1DGBRMSQSRIXJAVPUMUM/IMG_0863.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures Milt Heflin explains the addition of "Vigilance" to Gene Kranz's Mission Control credo after the loss of Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531695315764-65M890LCJEPRFFYAIN8E/IMG_1041.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures Astronaut Bo Bobko describes technical details of MOL from a recently declassified document. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531695497047-7B3PL7I3QH7SLXE77DV2/Screen+Shot+2018-07-15+at+18.57.42.png Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures L-R: Moderator/collectSpace founder Robert Pearlman, screenwriterJosh Singer, technical advisor/astronaut Al Worden, family advisors Rick Armstrong, Mark Armstrong, artist Chris Calle, costume designer Ryan Nagata, and technical advisor Rick Houston. Author Jim Hansen participated via telephone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1531608930171-OFXLH68CL1C2Q0WPNHRU/IMG_0795.jpg Home - Spacefest IX: Panels and Lectures The real astronaut wives club. The group of Apollo-era wives meets annually to reminisce and support one another. Barbara Cernan Butler relates that one year, Gene Cernan volunteered to pay for the wine. On that occasion, much was drank! https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/5/remembering-alan-bean monthly 0.5 2018-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1527377575220-6EPVHEP9CBI5S8EO48DL/ap12-KSC-69PC-560HR.jpg Home - Remembering Alan Bean The crew of Apollo 12. L-R: CDR Charles "Pete" Conrad, CMP Richard Gordon, and LMP Alan Bean. (Courtesy of ALSJ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1527377090863-QSJSGL1I8AL21AIEQ3YW/IMG_3185.jpg Home - Remembering Alan Bean Alan Bean with the author, Spacefest VII, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1527377146645-EOCDGPNJTE1LWOAL289C/IMG_3129.jpg Home - Remembering Alan Bean Skylab Panel, Spacefest VII, 2016. L-R (onstage): Rusty Schweickart, Jack Lousma, PJ Weitz, Sy Liebergot, Vance Brand, Alan Bean, Leonard David, Chuck Dietrich. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/2/falcon-heavy-part-ii-the-launch monthly 0.5 2018-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518065563669-30S2RGEEII0JZLWKTY79/IMG_6167+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch Post-launch traffic on the Beachline, reminiscent of Shuttle days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518060824403-HGA3N8DAAW2Q1ALVFEZR/IMG_6106+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch Falcon Heavy sat on LC-39A. The crawlerway cuts through the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518063990230-WHDK00H0OXGU0VESY9P1/IMG_6115.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch The Press Site and Turning Basin itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518063752067-56TCD07S2E7XX9HYXYOB/IMG_6096.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch VAB, LCC, Starliner Facility, Shuttle MLP, and SLS Tower seen from the Turning Basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518064194106-KIDGF9RV9MLRVPQAW9BK/IMG_6121+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch In all, we spent over 4 hours waiting. Could have been worse, though. How about that view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518065253690-S0X2IDZ18FXIUE7MJIW8/IMG_6140+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518065286807-GABMFLZ285XDEEC5JNPI/IMG_6142+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518065366505-6XHSYD81NVBWPGNKL3MK/IMG_6147+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518063894885-1KSSDUNGHY3W0EFW1RRB/IMG_6124.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch Honestly just happy to be in KSC at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1518064534304-B17HLC2OQ58TLJC4YN4A/IMG_6138+copy.jpg Home - Falcon Heavy Part II: The Launch A contrail formed in the upper atmosphere, as the vehicle's exhaust plume grew larger and larger in the thinner air. https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/2/falcon-heavy-part-i-vigil monthly 0.5 2018-02-08 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2018/1/for-anyone-who-believes-the-shuttle-was-a-waste monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515893235461-SDEWMKQQY1XAUQ12QNZC/meanwhile-in-comments-section.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste (Courtesy of MediaShift) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515887871860-SRW2X5VAWX3K1UX1L9KZ/IMG_2066+copy.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste Atlantis's payload bay seen on permanent display at Kennedy Space Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515891845640-5Q0GM3QJ2TVHXPJDZ7WQ/DSC00040+copy.JPG Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste The author, 9 years old, visiting Kennedy Space Center. STS-114 (Discovery) sits on Pad 39-B in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515896231440-AJTN4HZUC8SQ1BKK5IBY/IMG_5807.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste The toy Space Shuttle I got on the same visit to KSC. It is a favorite relic of my childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515891350604-ZZCF8USFV6X15ADI8DJ2/IMG_3563+copy.JPG Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste One of ESA's reusable Spacelab modules, LM-1, on display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy center. This laboratory, which fits in the Shuttle's payload bay, performed groundbreaking science in orbit, and was operated 24/7 on some missions. This particular module flew 9 times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515890405312-9ZUZWCKLR7NTN1R337KE/sts66payloadbay.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste The same payload bay during STS-66 in 1994, filled with scientific equipment. To learn more about this mission, check out the link at the end of the article. (Courtesy of NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515893422528-3KQAMEWCUI0EIURBR94K/STS120LaunchHiRes-edit1.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste The Space Shuttle stack upon liftoff, STS-120 in 2007. I was at the Visitor's Complex for this launch. (Courtesy of NASA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515884735792-I8HXUAW0WB7JRCX54SS3/20900594_1925492834370265_1416507344221409786_o.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste ISS size comparison and basic capabilities compared to other recent Space Stations. (Courtesy of CSIS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1515893518364-BOMS0DVPXYHLGMZ3891S/sls_block1_noeas_afterburner_engmarkings_sm_1.jpg Home - For Anyone Who Believes the Shuttle was a Waste Artist's conception of SLS, the future of NASA's deep space exploration. Some of SLS is clearly based on Shuttle hardware. (Courtesy of NASA) https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2017/12/lecture-summary-gioia-massa-nasa-astrobotanist monthly 0.5 2018-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1513223592514-63NJJNCHEJHKEA45CMH6/IMG_5437.JPG Home - Lecture Summary: Gioia Massa, NASA Astrobotanist Gioia Massa speaks of the scientific challenges of growing vegetables in Space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1513223532220-KKDMFD4BPG4CLRP11E2T/24059163_931693666980990_7199320699957355733_n.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Gioia Massa, NASA Astrobotanist Students at Florida Southern College in Lakeland listening to Massa's lecture (Photo: Arjeet Tipirneni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1513223877716-EPAV42H4BEY2PHXSC94D/IMG_5440.JPG Home - Lecture Summary: Gioia Massa, NASA Astrobotanist Massa describes the operation, successes, and goals of Veggie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1513224215543-QA3ORT5K3KSC9VVJO7QL/23915585_931702620313428_1007935283449549295_n.jpg Home - Lecture Summary: Gioia Massa, NASA Astrobotanist Front page news! (L-R: Spencer Asperilla, Arjeet Tipirneni, Risley Mabile, Gioia Massa, Simone Caroti, the Author, and Ron Pepino) (Photo: Arjeet Tipirneni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1513223035890-K6CB2X03TWBMMR5SXCEP/IMG_1206.JPG Home - Lecture Summary: Gioia Massa, NASA Astrobotanist POIC control room at Marshall, April 2017 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2017/11/my-last-november-22nd-focusing-on-john-f-kennedys-legacy monthly 0.5 2018-02-11 https://www.livingspace.earth/home/2017/11/left-to-rot-ruins-at-cape-canaveral monthly 0.5 2018-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed6381a803bbaf4b7f2cb0/1511147996301-UTYFBZ98YUF4DI8IYI6W/afm5.jpg Home - Lost Forever: Ruins at Cape Canaveral LC-5, 1961. 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