June 9th, 2011
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Date: June 9, 2011 Title: June Observing List Podcaster: The Telescope Man, Joe Lalumia Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX. Links: The Telescope Man website Description: The TelescopeMan, Joe Lalumia, lists several observation objects for the month of June. Bio: Joe Lalumia, also known as The Telescope Man, is the President of the Texas [...]
June 8th, 2011
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Date: June 8, 2011 Title: James Webb: Inestimable Expectations Podcaster: Roz Brown and Dennis Ebbets Organization: Ball Aerospace Description: Plans for the Hubble Space Telescope successor – the James Webb Space Telescope – were motivated by continued interest in the formation of stars and galaxies and the early history of our universe. Many important observations [...]
June 7th, 2011
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Date: June 7, 2011 Title: Pillownauts Podcaster: Heather Archuletta Organization: Human Test Research Facility of Johnson Space Center – https://bedreststudy.jsc.nasa.gov/ Description: An inside look at the people who are “playing astronaut” in NASA’s Flight Analog program, where space flight simulations seek to find counter-measures for the effects of weightlessness on long duration missions. Can we [...]
June 6th, 2011
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Date: June 6, 2011 Title: An Unexplored World: Dawn Approaches Vesta Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Links: The Planetary Society Blog – http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: An unexplored world: Dawn approaches Vesta Next month, the ion-powered Dawn spacecraft will enter orbit around Vesta, the second or third largest member of the asteroid belt. Vesta represents an unexplored class of [...]
June 5th, 2011
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Date: June 5, 2011 Title: Transit of Venus Podcaster: Jay Pasachoff Organization: Williams College – http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse Links: Transit of Venus website. Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union – http://www.eclipses.info Description: A year from today, on June 5, 2012, in the United States and June 6, 2012, in Europe, a transit of Venus [...]
June 4th, 2011
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Date: June 4, 2011 Title: Encore episode: What is Astronomy? Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Organization: Loch Ness Productions http://www.lochnessproductions.com/index2.html Music by Geodesium (www.geodesium.com) Description: Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, discusses the science of astronomy and a few of the other science disciplines that cross paths with astronomy: physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. Bio: Carolyn Collins Petersen [...]
June 3rd, 2011
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Date: June 3, 2011 Title: Herschel Space Observatory Science Update Podcaster: Haley and Edward Gomez Organization: Herschel Science Center: http://herschel.esac.esa.int/ Description: Haley and Edward Gomez give their picks of the the latest results from Herschel. Bio: Haley is an astronomy lecturer at Cardiff University, who does research into the origins of cosmic dust using far-infrared [...]
June 2nd, 2011
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Date: June 2, 2011 Title: Has Saturn Swallowed His Children? Podcaster: Mick Vagg Description: A discussion of what is happening to Saturn’s moons. Bio: Mick Vagg is an astronomy enthusiast. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and ideas with others who enjoy this field of study. Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is dedicated [...]
June 1st, 2011
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Date: June 1, 2011 Title: Taking Pictures of Mars with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Podcaster: Tanya Harrison Organization: Malin Space Science Systems: www.msss.com Link: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission page: www.nasa.gov/mro Description: Taking pictures of Mars involves meticulous planning. This podcast will give you a quick summary of what goes into acquiring these images. Bio: [...]
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