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JAXA'S KIBO LAB & ROBOTIC "DEXTRE" OF CANADA FEATURED TODAY live at 4 pm or anytime on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
Host MarQ looks at teh STS-123 March 2008 mission that took these two important elements to the International Space Station.
Celebrating 20 Years of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter![]()
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter went into Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, and we look at its two decades of fabulous imagery and science.
Celebrating 20 Years of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter went into Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, and we look at its two decades of fabulous imagery and science.
HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY TO SIX-TIME IN SEVEN YEARS SHUTTLE PILOT/COMMANDER CURT BROWN![]()
Happy 70th birthday to Curtis Lee Brown Jr., born March 11, 1956 in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. A veteran of six space flights, Brown has logged more than 57 days in space. ![]()
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The only spaceman to fly six missions in seven years, his was three times a pilot and three times a commander, which included John Glenn’s flight, an upgrade to the Hubble Telescope, Spacelab and satellite rendezvous missions. ![]()
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Brown was the pilot on STS-47 in 1992 (Spacelab J); STS-66 in 1994 (ATLAS-3 atmospheric lab); and STS-77 in 1996 (satellite rendezvous techniques); and was spacecraft commander on STS-85 in 1997 (space station technology); STS-95 in 1998 (Glenn and bio experiments), and STS-103 in 1999 (third Hubble upgrade). ![]()
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Brown’s six flights in a seven-year period is a mark not likely to be equaled anytime soon. Brown and his wife, Mary, live in Hudson, Wisconsin. He races airplanes for sport. ![]()
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Brown has been active in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for decades, and is their board chairman. ![]()
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www.astronautscholarship.org/astronauts-curt-brown/
🚀✨3-2-1 ... LIFTOFF! It's 321 Day! ✨🚀![]()
Join us on March 21st from 11AM-5PM as we celebrate 321 Day-- honoring Tourism, our community, our area code, and the incredible legacy of Ozzie Osband! 💙![]()
Hosted by The American Space Museum in beautiful Space View Park in Downtown Titusville FL, this special event is all about bringing locals and visitors together to celebrate what makes the Space Coast so unique.![]()
🌴Community Pride![]()
🎉Family-friendly fun![]()
🛍️Local vendors![]()
🚀Space Coast spirit![]()
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Come out, show your 321 pride, and help us celebrate the people and passion that keep our tourism soaring!![]()
📍March 21st![]()
⏰11AM-5PM
STILL A FEW SLOTS LEFT FOR MID-SCHOOLERS AT FREE, BILINGUAL STEAM SATURDAY AT 10:30-NOON EDT MARCH 14.![]()
ASM Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math educator Natalia will fix you up by calling 1-386-216-7509
Celebrating 20 Years of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter![]()
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter went into Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, and we look at its two decades of fabulous imagery and science.
Celebrating 20 Years of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter went into Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, and we look at its two decades of fabulous imagery and science.
GET YOUR "MARTIAN" ON AS WE CELEBRATE 20 YEARS ORBITING THE RED PLANET live at 4 pm or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
Mars Reconaissance Orbiter went into Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, and we look at its two decades of fabulous imagery and science.
ORLANDO CHANNEL 9 IN THE HOUSE MONDAY![]()
Reporter Mel Holt and cameraman Loren Bray checked out our Museum for a story on the Artemis II launch in April bringing in tourism. ![]()
Thanks for the coverage, WFTV 9!
IMPORTANT MARS ORBITER NOW 20 YEARS OLD![]()
On March 10, 2006 the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) entered orbit around the Red Planet after a seven-month interplanetary journey. ![]()
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At the time the most powerful cameras ever sent to space, MRO's "eyes" have seen incredible scenes, weather and even surface spacecraft. ![]()
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MRO has chosen landing sites for spacecraft and helped plot rover destinations. And it has been a clearinghouse for data from the surface. Yet it is and old orbiter, with technology that is two decades old and living twice the life-time NASA built it to work. ![]()
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NASA MRO Page: science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter/![]()
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That's ASM friend Carleton Bailie in front of MRO in the AstroTech white room 20 years ago!![]()
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Enjoy some amazing photos from MRO: from a dust devil to young impact crater to Martian dunes to small moon Phobos!
Happy Birthday to Astronaut Laurel Blair Clark ![]()
(March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) Laura was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. She died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Clark was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.![]()
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NASA Bio: www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/clark_laurel.pdf
KIDS UNDER 12 ARE FREE! AND OPEN ON SUNDAY![]()
From astronauts to engineers, the Shuttle Era continues to inspire future explorers, and that journey starts here.![]()
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At the American Space Museum, our STEAM programs and school visits spark curiosity and connect young minds with the wonder of spaceflight. Whether you're a teacher, youth leader, or parent, we’d love to welcome your group.![]()
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🔹Hands-on exhibits rooted in real space history![]()
🔹Shuttle-era galleries & interactive displays![]()
🔹Programs for schools, families, and youth groups![]()
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Let’s inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and dreamers — just like the Shuttle Era inspired us.![]()
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Contact us to plan a visit or support our STEAM programs through a donation or membership:![]()
www.spacewalkoffame.org
I’m happy to announce that we are now a Notary Public. If you or someone you know needs documents notarized, please feel free to contact me to schedule an appointment.![]()
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DOCUMENTS![]()
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POWER OF ATTORNEY![]()
ETC.
Shuttle Discovery's Swan Song 15 years ago![]()
OV-103 landed for the 39th time 15 years ago today, March 9, 2011, and SC Host MarQ looks at this amazing, reusable spaceship.
Shuttle Discovery's Swan Song 15 years ago
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OV-103 landed for the 39th time 15 years ago today, March 9, 2011, and SC Host MarQ looks at this amazing, reusable spaceship.
SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SWAN SONG ON STAY CURIOUS live at 4 pm EDT or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/@AmericanSpaceMuseum/streams![]()
OV-103 landed for the 39th time 15 years ago today, March 9, 2011, and SC Host MarQ looks at this amazing, reusable spaceship.
FINAL LANDING FOR STS-133 WAS 15 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE SHIP THAT LEAD THE WAY 39 TIMES, DISCOVERY, OV-103![]()
ASM partner Nicole Passonno Stott was among the crew of six.![]()
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This landing marked the retirement of Discovery, the most-flown orbiter in NASA’s fleet. Over its 27-year career, Discovery completed 39 missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled nearly 150 million miles.![]()
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Its final task during STS-133 was delivering the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) Leonardo and Robonaut 2 to the International Space Station.![]()
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Pictured are NASA astronauts Steve Lindsey (center right) and Eric Boe (center left), commander and pilot, respectively; along with astronauts (from the left) Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt and Tim Kopra, all mission specialists.![]()
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www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-133/
LOTS OF "URBAN LEGENDS" WITH TIME CHANGE![]()
Sunday evening and you're happy to get the yard work done with some extra daylight...but wait until you wake up in the morning darkness!![]()
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Yes, the 23-hour day on March 8th has its advantages to some, and disadvantages to others...and we have a lot of misconceptions about Daylight Saving Time (not "Savings, with a "s"). ![]()
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BEN FRANKLIN DIDN'T INVENT IT. In fact when in Paris, France in 1784, American icon Franklin saw it being used by Parisians to save money on evening candles and lamp oil. He wrote a satirical essay suggesting people wake up earlier, but did not propose changing clocks. ![]()
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But it took New Zealand entomologist, George Hudson, who offered the idea in 1895, adopted He wanted more daylight for evening insect collecting, and Wellington, New Zealand agreed. ![]()
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WHY 2 AM FOR THE CLOCK CHANGE? Because the majority of businesses--and working people--ar home and asleep. ![]()
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FARMERS DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAMPAIGNED AGAINS IT. That's one less hour in the morning to milk cows and send crops to market. ![]()
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THE IDEA IT SAVES ENERGY IS QUESTIONABLE, particularly as there are more around-the-clock demands on power sources. ![]()
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DOES IT EFFECT YOUR HEALTH BY MESSING WITH YOUR SLEEP CYCLE? Probably, but in a week or so, humans--adjust perfectly. ![]()
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DST GOES BACK TO USA PRESIDENTS 100 YEARS AGO President Woodrow Wilson made it law in 1918, but it was repealed after seven months. President Franklin D. Roosevelt relaunched it in 1942 to save resources in World War II. The Daylight Saving Time change wasn’t official until 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson signed a law to make the start and end dates of Daylight Saving Time uniform across the country.![]()
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GOLFERS, GARDNERS, TENNIS & PICKLEBALLERS LOVE IT! But amateur astronomers, waiting an extra hour for starlight, don't. ![]()
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ANIMALS ARE AFFECTED? Your pets will synch to your rhythm, not matter what. And animals in the animal kingdom have now clocks--does anybody really care what time it is?![]()
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ENJOY the Sunshine and make Daylight Saving Time work for you!
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST EXPEDITION CREW SWAP AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ![]()
Space Shuttle Discovery roared off Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B early in the morning of March 8, 2001 to swap out the first two Expedition crews of the International Space Station. ![]()
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For a quarter Century, any human age 25 or under hasn't taken a breath on Earth without someone breathing as they orbit the third planet from our star, Sun. ![]()
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The STS-102 crew of five veterans and two rookies spent nearly 13 days in space, most of it docked to the primitive ISS that consisted of its core American and Russian elements, Unity and Zarya. ![]()
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The mission included the longest Extravehicular Activity(EVA) in NASA history, 8 hours, 56 minutes by astronauts Jim Voss and Susan Helms, both making their fifth and last spaceflight. ![]()
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The primary objectives of STS-102 was resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews. Helms became the first woman to permanently live on the ISS, her home and work place for 164 days. ![]()
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Those crews were Commander Jim Wetherbee on his fifth flight (his sixth and last would be a still-record fifth command); pilot James “Vegas” Kelly on his first of two flights; Andy Thomas, third of four flights (he just spent 140 days in 1998 on the Russian Mir Space Station and would be on the STS-114 Discovery “return to flight in 2005); and Paul Richards on his only spaceflight, doing a 6 hour EVA.![]()
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The Expedition 2 members being dropped off were Voss and Helms, both on their last of five spaceflights; and the Expediton 2 commander, Russian, Yury Usachev, his fourth and last spaceflight. ![]()
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NASA Expedition 2:![]()
www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-2/
GET READY FOR 23-HOUR SUNDAY: SUNRISE AROUND 7:45 AM; SUNSET AROUND 7:30 PM![]()
Outdoors activities ramp up with extra hour of daylight, but stargazers have to begin waiting, and waiting for darkness as we "spring ahead" into 8 months of Daylight Saving Time.
THERMAL HOT SPOTS ON MOON REVEALED DURING LUNAR ECLIPSE MARCH 3![]()
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Amateur astronomers are doing things that only big observatories could do just a decade or so ago...case in point, more than three dozen hot spots revealed on the Moon when Earth's shadow cooled the Full Moon down for an hour. ![]()
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Of the millions of people who witnessed yesterday's total eclipse of the Moon, amateur astronomer "Wah" in Canada saw a lunar disk like no other. "I used a thermal camera to observe the eclipse," he explains. "The difference was amazing!"![]()
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Wah's rare photo reveals a landscape dotted with hot spots glowing like stars strewn across the lunar terrain. There are 37 hot spots in total, headlined by craters Tycho, Plato, and Aristarchus.![]()
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This has been done only a handful of times in the Space Age, usually by large research telescopes. The earliest thermal eclipse observations came from infrared telescopes in the 1960s, before spacecraft explored the Moon. One classic experiment observed the Dec. 19, 1964, total lunar eclipse, producing thermal maps showing more than a thousand hot spots corresponding to rocky craters.![]()
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Wah's image was recorded at a wavelength of about 12 microns, where the Moon shines by its own heat rather than reflected sunlight. "My setup (pictured right) included a 640x512 thermal camera and a 12-inch Newtonian telescope," he says.![]()
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Normally, the surface of the full Moon is sizzling hot after two weeks of unremitting sunlight. But when Earth's shadow falls across the Moon during an eclipse, the sunlight switches off. Some parts of the lunar surface cool faster than others. Fine moondust loses heat rapidly, while young blocky craters hang on to their warmth, creating prominent hot spots.![]()
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Photos like this are not just novelties. When properly calibrated, they can measure the thermal inertia of lunar regolith and map different kinds of rock types in potential landing zones. With NASA aiming to return to the Moon, this kind of information could be as golden as a total eclipse.
Why Daylight Time? AND a lion in your backyard.![]()
Stargazer MarQ explains Why we have Daylight Savings Time; and take you in your backyard to see Lion the night sky.
Why Daylight Time? AND a lion in your backyard.
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Stargazer MarQ explains Why we have Daylight Savings Time; and take you in your backyard to see Lion the night sky.