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So, how do we use the rest of the HamSat system? It starts with a little more information… Documents for New Satellite Users is a good place to start. “This is a collection of articles introducing amateur satellites and related topics … Continue reading
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The first game I’m going to talk about (Moonbase Alpha) isn’t a game that I play a lot. It has pretty pictures and, as a simulation, it is very faithful to our current understanding of living on the Moon. As … Continue reading
SPACEX LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION Cape Canaveral, FL — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official cargo resupply mission to the … Continue reading
Mission delayed due to weather. Target launch now 5AM PT/12PM GMT on October 9! Watch it LIVE at http://youtube.com/redbull and http://redbullstratos.com
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Today, a Falcon 9 went up, Tuesday,^ Felix Baumgartner is coming down. He’s going after a record set by Joseph W. Kittinger in August 1960. Could you be a daredevil like these two? Would you like the rush? The speed? … Continue reading
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My Facebook friend, Robert Brand, from Australia, wrote a letter which may make history. You can too. Here’s the post, as I found it, reprinted here with permission… My letter to Alan Bean: Dear Alan, I am part of a … Continue reading
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If you are anywhere near Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Sunday night, October 7th, there is a chance to see the rocket contrail of the SpaceX Dragon launch. It launches a little late – still worth looking for. This flight is … Continue reading
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Well, there are lots of Amateur Radio Satellites, or HamSats, overhead and they orbit the earth many times a day. So what? How does that help you? It seems that there are several types of satellites up there and a … Continue reading
Please help me welcome Jeff Miller to ‘Everyday Spacer’ as a regular guest blogger. Jeff will bring a dimension to your experience I could not possibly equal. As a long time geek and gamer, Jeff will expose us to the … Continue reading
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Let me clarify something right off the bat here. When most people talk about ‘space travel’ they actually mean travel off world, beyond the atmosphere of the Earth for, isn’t it all space? Here we are, on a rocky body … Continue reading
Pluto Flyby June 14, 2015
Planisphere - choose for your Latitude (the Equator is 0 degrees, the further North or South, the greater the number)
Red Flashlight
Our friend Lucy West-Binnall contributed art to this publication!
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Saw this solar telescope in action recently...
They don't show you the 'built in sun finder' - one of the coolest things about a telescope I've ever seen. You line up the dot in the finder and look through the scope and the sun is right there!
Tovolo Rocket Ice Pop Molds,
Set of 6
Tovolo Star Ice Pop Mold
