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OUTGOING NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON AND DEPUTY PAM MELROY SAY GOOD BY IN 5 MINUTE RECAP OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Administrator Nelson, Deputy Administrator Melroy Bid NASA Farewell
Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy share a farewell message to the extraordinary NASA workforce. Sen. Nelson was sworn in as the 1...
ASM’S SPACE MEMORABILIA SHOW FEB. 22 AT BEACH SIDE HOTEL, COCOA BEACHASM will have a Saturday, Feb. 22nd Space Memorabilia Show from 9 am to 3 pm, featuring a free appraisal of your space items and free admission at Beach Side Hotel & Suites, Cocoa Beach, Florida.Vendors are being solicited: call 321-264-0434 or email marq@americanspacemuseum.org..Event sponsors, Ken Havekotte’s Space Coast Covers, and Bid Again Auctions, will offer free appraisals of your space items–so find out if that Neil Armstrong autograph is for real and what it might be the selling price.There will be a variety of local vendors selling everything from space flown items like coins and flags, lots of astronaut autographs, books, posters, original artwork and even rare, hard-to-find items from the Apollo moon program and the Space Shuttle Era. Other sponsors include Bid Again Actions, Computers Advancing Education and the Museums of Brevard.The American Space Museum offers two space memorabilia shows a year in February and November, as well as at the annual ShuttleFest in April. The events are part of their outreach to support their Brevard County non-profit, a Florida 501(c)(3) institution as the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation. A grant from the Space Coast Office of Tourism supports museum events.ASM is home of the popular YouTube video podcast “Stay Curious,” featuring conversations with space workers, astronauts and celebrating historical events. Space history and current events can also be found on its Facebook page and website.The American Space Museum is located at 308 Pine St., Downtown Titusville, Florida, and it is open from 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday Contact them at info@americanspacemuseum.org or phone 321-264-0434.
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NASA'S DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IS THURSDAY JAN. 23RD ACROSS ITS CENTERSPhoto: The Space Shuttle Columbia and Space Shuttle Challenger Memorials are seen after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Credit: NASA)NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 23, honoring the members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery for benefit of humanity. The event, traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of January, remembers the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. “On NASA’s Day of Remembrance, we pause to reflect on the bravery, dedication, and selflessness of the extraordinary individuals who pushed the boundaries of exploration and discovery,” said NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free. “Their legacies remind us of the profound responsibility we have to carry their dreams forward while ensuring safety remains our guiding principle.” Free will lead an observance at 1 p.m. EST at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, which will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, followed by observances for the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia crews. Several agency centers also will hold observances for NASA Day of Remembrance:Johnson Space Center in HoustonNASA Johnson will hold a commemoration at 10 a.m. CST at the Astronaut Memorial Grove with remarks by Center Director Vanessa Wyche. The event will have a moment of silence, a NASA T-38 flyover, taps performed by the Texas A&M Squadron 17, and a procession placing flowers at Apollo I, Challenger, and Columbia memorial trees. Kennedy Space Center in FloridaNASA Kennedy and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation will host a ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex at 10 a.m. EST. The event will include remarks from Tal Ramon, son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, space shuttle Columbia. Kelvin Manning, deputy director at NASA Kennedy, also will provide remarks during the ceremony, which will livestream on the center’s Facebook page.Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon ValleyNASA Ames will hold a remembrance ceremony at 1 p.m. PST that includes remarks from Center Director Eugene Tu, a moment of silence, and bell ringing commemoration. Glenn Research Center in ClevelandNASA Glenn will observe Day of Remembrance at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, with remarks from Center Director Jimmy Kenyon followed by wreath placement, moment of silence, and taps at Lewis Field.Langley Research Center in Hampton, VirginiaNASA Langley will hold a remembrance ceremony with Acting Center Director Dawn Schaible followed by placing flags at the Langley Workers Memorial.Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AlabamaNASA Marshall will hold a candle-lighting ceremony and wreath placement at 9:30 a.m. CST. The ceremony will include remarks from Larry Leopard, associate director, and Bill Hill, director of Marshall’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. Stennis Space Flight Center in Bay St. Louis, MississippiNASA Stennis and the NASA Shared Services Center will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at 9 a.m. CST with remarks from Center Director John Bailey and Anita Harrell, NASA Shared Services Center executive director.The agency also is paying tribute to its fallen astronauts with special online content, updated on NASA’s Day of Remembrance, at: www.nasa.gov/dor/
VENUS-SATURN CONJUNCTION IN WEST AFTER SUNSET--THEY ARE SIDE BY SIDE!Spaceweather.com When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look southwest. Venus and Saturn are having a close encounter in the twilight sky. The two planets are about two degrees apart, about the width of a human thumb held at arm's length. Venus appears first, long before the sky fades to black, followed by Saturn, which is considerably dimmer. If you have a small telescope, toggle the optics between the two planets. You can see the rings of Saturn and the half phase of Venus in quick succession. Senol Sanli photographed the conjunction from Kırazlı-Bursa - Turkey:
HAPPY 67TH BIRTHDAY TO JEFF WILLIAMS, NASA’S MALE SPACE RECORD HOLDER NASA Astronaut Jeff WilliamsBorn on Jan. 18, 1958 in Superior, Wisconsin is Jeffrey Nels Williams, who’s 534 days in space is the record for an American male–including two stints as commander of the International Space Station. Raised in Winter, Wisconsin, Williams is a retired United States Army officer and an active NASA astronaut, a veteran of four space flights, including three International Space Station Expedition missions (13, 24 and 48), becoming commander on all of them. He earned a degree in applied science and engineering from the U.S. Military Academy in 1980, receiving his commission in the United States Army. In 2000, Williams launched to space for the first time on STS-101, Atlantis. Williams and fellow crew member James Voss performed a spacewalk and then reboosted the station from 230 miles (370 km) to 250 miles (400 km). Williams joined Expedition 13 with the launch of Soyuz TMA-8 in March 2006 and stayed for 6 months, becoming commander and performing two spacewalks. In August 24, 2006, a taped message made by him to be played at an official NASA press conference was accidentally played over the air-to-ground loop, the tape revealing that the Crew Exploration Vehicle under development to replace the Space Shuttle after 2010 would be named Orion after the famed wintertime constellation. Expedition 21/22 in 2009 had Williams as commander for a 167-day ISS stay. On October 21, 2009, Williams and his Expedition 21 crewmate, Nicole Stott, participated in the first NASA Tweetup from the station with members of the public gathered at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This involved the first live Twitter connection for the astronauts. Previously, astronauts on board the Space Shuttle or ISS have sent the messages they desire to send as tweets down to Mission Control which then posted the message via the Internet to Twitter. Williams returned to the ISS in 2016 as part of Expedition 47/48. Upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M he became commander of Expedition 48.Williams returned to Earth safely on September 6. 2016.On Expedition 47, Williams surpassed Scott Kelly record of 520 cumulative days in space which was set when he returned from space on March 1, 2016; Williams beat this record with 534 cumulative days.William's 534 days ranks 23 all time, behind 20 Russian cosmonauts and two American women, Pettg Whitson with 776 days, and Suni William, currently on the International Space Station with 549 days today. ISS Expedition 72 resident Don Pettit, who will hit accumulated days of 500 on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, will pass Williams and set a new American male record when he return in March. Williams is a committed Christian. Following his return from the Expedition 21 mission, he wrote the book The Work of His Hands: A View Of God's Creation From Space about his experience in space. The book reflects in Williams words the "vivid lessons about the meticulous goodness of divine providence, God's care for His creation, and His wisdom in ordering the universe." www.amazon.com/Work-His-Hands-Jeffrey-Williams/dp/0758615892
BILINGUAL STEAM SATURDAY FEB. 1ST: "ANIMALS IN SPACE"SIGN UP FOR FREE Bilingual STEAM Saturday class on February 1st from 10:30 am-12 pm with the topic: "Animals in Space."Learn about space dogs and monkeys--even a cat! And all the animals on the Space Shuttle. Sign up on the museum's website. There's only 15 spots available for the kiddos! Elementary ages welcome. spacewalkoffame.org/education/stem-steamBilingual STEAM educator Natalia Sepulveda is publisher and translator of many books. Natalia teaches Spanish words to space age phrases and delights in sharing the passion of America's Space Age.
THE LATE JIM HARRINGTON, SPACE PIONEER & SHUTTLE LAUNCH DIRECTOR, REPRISED ON STAY CURIOUS TODAY 4 PM EST or anytime on Youtube www.youtube.com/c/AmericanSpaceMuseumWe honor a true American space pioneer, Mr. Jim Harrington, who recently died at age 89. He was part of the Atlas program of the 1950s, and became an important manager in the NASA human spaceflight program, eventually launching 22 Space Shuttles.
VENDORS WANTED FOR ASM’S SPACE MEMORABILIA SHOW FEB. 22 AT BEACH SIDE HOTEL, COCOA BEACHASM will have a Saturday, Feb. 22nd Space Memorabilia Show from 9 am to 3 pm, featuring a free appraisal of your space items and free admission at Beach Side Hotel & Suites, Cocoa Beach, Florida.Vendors are being solicited: call 321-264-0434 or email marq@americanspacemuseum.org. .Event sponsors, Ken Havekotte’s Space Coast Covers, and Bid Again Auctions, will offer free appraisals of your space items–so find out if that Neil Armstrong autograph is for real and what it might be the selling price. There will be a variety of local vendors selling everything from space flown items like coins and flags, lots of astronaut autographs, books, posters, original artwork and even rare, hard-to-find items from the Apollo moon program and the Space Shuttle Era. Other sponsors include Bid Again Actions, Computers Advancing Education and the Museums of Brevard. The American Space Museum offers two space memorabilia shows a year in February and November, as well as at the annual ShuttleFest in April. The events are part of their outreach to support their Brevard County non-profit, a Florida 501(c)(3) institution as the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation. A grant from the Space Coast Office of Tourism supports museum events. ASM is home of the popular YouTube video podcast “Stay Curious,” featuring conversations with space workers, astronauts and celebrating historical events. Space history and current events can also be found on its Facebook page and website. The American Space Museum is located at 308 Pine St., Downtown Titusville, Florida, and it is open from 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday Contact them at info@americanspacemuseum.org or phone 321-264-0434.
SHUTTLEFEST IV APRIL 11-13 HYATT PLACE TITUSVILLE BOOK TODAY! spacewalkoffame.org/event/shuttlefest-4-info-tickets
TERRY WHITE DISCUSSES THE SHUTTLE'S "EXTENDED DURATION ORBITER" PROGRAM AND THE NOSE CAP TODAY 4 PM EDT or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSlW4XRti4
THROW BACK THURSDAY: JAN. 16 2024 ASTRONAUT DR. SIAN PROCTOR IN THE HOUSE WITH NSS & ASM GANGInspiration 4 private astronaut and pilot, Dr. Sian Proctor, surprised the ASM staff when our new partners, the National Space Society, brought her to the museum a year ago. In the photo is our late Executive Director Karan Conklin, and new ED Gabriel Rothblatt. Sian (drsianproctor.com/) is with, left to right: NSS'membership director Burt Dicht; NSS executive & ASM's Gabriel Rothblatt; NSS administrator Jennifer Muntz;ESA's "cap com" Alex Karl; the late Karan Conklin; ASM museum director Mark Marquette; businessman and influencer Sean Graham; ASM stellar volunteer Marty Winkel; and STEAM educator Mike Mongo. WHAT A DAY!
TERRY WHITE TODAY 4 PM EST or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/c/AmericanSpaceMuseumLearn about the Extended Duration Orbiter hardware and the nose cap of orbiters from the manager of Space Shuttle "garages!" AND watch Nick and Burt earlier this week!
THREE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS BORN TODAY, COATS, HAMMOND AND LINENGERSpace Shuttle astronauts born on January 16 each shared a mission with a birthmate (STS-39 & STS-64): Mike Coats is 79, Blaine Hammond, 73, and Jerry Linenger, 70.Michael Loyd “Mike” Coats was born Jan. 16, 1946 in Sacramento, California, is once a pilot and twice a Shuttle commander, and Johnson Space Center director from 2006-12;Lloyd Blaine Hammond celebrates 73 years orbiting the Sun, born Jan. 16, 1952 in Savannah, Georgia, but considers St. Louis, Mo. to be his hometown. He piloted Shuttle Discovery twice in the early 1990s.Jerry Michael Linenger was born 70 years ago on Jan. 16, 1955 in East Detroit, Michigan. His first spaceflight was STS-64 with birthmate Blaine Hammond as his pilot of Discovery. His 143 days in space include 132 days on the Russian MIR Space Station, surviving a harrowing fire on board in 1997.COATS was pilot of STS-41-D in 1984, delayed three times including the first pad aboard after the Shuttle’s three engines started. He commanded STS-29 and STS-39, both satellite delivery missions. Coats had 18 days in space. He trained as commander of STS-61-H, canceled in 1986 after the Challenger accident. He was the 10th director of Johnson Space Center.www.nasa.gov/.../about/people/orgs/bios/coats.htmlHAMMOND was a pilot twice: on STS-39 in April 1991, a Department of Defense Top Secret mission with birthday mate Mike Coats as his commander; and STS-64 aboard Discovery again in 1994. Hammond has a total of 19 days in space.www.nasa.gov/.../atoms/files/hammond_l_blaine.pdfDR. LINENGER isa motivational speaker, and he has written two good books on the astronaut experience: “Off The Planet” and ‘Letters from MIR.” He is a former Naval flight surgeon, and is board-certified in preventive medicine.history.nasa.gov/.../biographies/biographies.htm
CARLETON BAILIE'S REMOTE PHOTO OF NEW GLENN LIFT-OFF THIS MORNING. LAUNCH WAS PERFECT, BARGE LANDING NOT-SO-MUCH (But that was not the primary mission)story from collectSPACE www.collectspace.com/news/news-011625a-blue-origin-new-glenn-ng-1-launch.htmlBlue Origin's debut of its first orbital-class rocket successfully launched Thursday (Jan. 16), after nearly a decade in development. The New Glenn, called such after John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth in 1962, followed in its namesake's trajectory by reaching orbit about 13 minutes after a 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 GMT) liftoff from Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.The first 3 minutes and 10 seconds of the flight were powered by seven of Blue Origin's BE-4 engines producing 3.85 million pounds (17,126 kN) of thrust."A single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car [but] when all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt," wrote Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, on the X social media network.The white and blue rocket is partially coated in "Comet," a thermal protection system developed by Blue Origin. It was applied to New Glenn's fins, forward module, strakes, tank tunnel and the aft section, including the rocket's legs."As for the color, you tell me: Copper? Gold? Brown? Given the the thermal environment, we expect the material will change colors on our booster as we fly multiple missions," said Limp.Following stage separation, two BE-3U engines mounted on the New Glenn's upper stage pushed the NG-1 mission's payload — a pathfinder for Blue Origin's Blue Ring multi-mission space mobility platform — the rest of the way into orbit."Our objective is to reach orbit. Anything beyond that is a bonus," wrote Limp prior to the launch.
JOIN MARQ & MARTY WITH A LOOK AT SHUTTLES LAUNCHED IN JANUARY TODAY 4PM EDT or anytime on YouTube www.youtube.com/c/AmericanSpaceMuseumAnd it'll be a 25 minute episode as ASM board meeting beckons both of them! Thank you for watching.
BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY NASA ASTRONAUT SHANNON LUCID, 82, YESTERDAY JAN. 14!A five-time Space Shuttle flier, the only woman to live on the Russian MIR Space Station, and an inspiration to women for decades, happy 82nd birthday to Shannon Lucid! Born Shannon Matilda Wells in Shanghai, China on Jan. 14, 1943 to Baptist missionary parents, they settled in Bethany, Oklahoma where she graduated high school in 1960. Lucid's first space flight was in June 1985 on Space Shuttle Discovery's mission STS-51-G, deploying three satellites. She also flew on shuttle missions STS-34; deploying Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter in 1989; STS-43 and a TDRS satellite in 1993; and STS-58 in 1993, a life science mission. She rode STS-76 to the Russian Mir Space Station, where she lived for 188 days, returning on STS-79. Her five Shuttle missions were all pioneering missions stretching the science and skills of the International Space Station. She was the Chief Scientist for NASA from 2002-03. And she was the lead capcom in Houston Mission Control for more than 16 Shuttle missions. Lucid retired from NASA on January 31, 2012. She is married to Michael F. Lucid of Indianapolis, Indiana. They have two daughters and one son, five granddaughters and three grandsons.Lucid was selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1978. Of the six women in this first class with female astronauts, Lucid was the only one who was a mother at the time of being selected. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized Lucid as one of the 50 most important women in science. An inspiration to women around the world, Lucid is often quoted that it wasn’t easy: “It was really, really tough getting anything when you were a female,” she said about her college degrees. “Basically, I just took advantage of everything I could. But when people are going flat out tell you they’re not going to hire anyone that’s a female, there’s not much you can do about it.” Well, Shannon Lucid did plenty. Her 223 days in space stood as the American record for years. She attended the University of Oklahoma from where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1963, her Master's degree in biochemistry in 1970, and her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1973. Lucid was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996 (for her mission to Mir), making her the tenth person and first woman to be given that honor. Lucid was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1990.In 1993 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame. In 1998, Lucid was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 2014, Lucid was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.www.nasa.gov/.../F_The_Incredible_Shannon_Lucid...
TWO PRIVATE MOON PROBES LAUNCHED AND JOUIRNEY-BOUNDwww.collectspace.com/news/news-011525a-firefly-blue-ghost-ispace-resilience-moon-landers-launch.htmlTwo private spacecraft are now on their way to attempting separate landings on the moon. One is expected to take 45 days to arrive in lunar orbit, while the other is expected to take four to five months — despite sharing the same ride off Earth.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on Wednesday (Jan. 15) carrying Firefly Aerospace's first "Blue Ghost" and ispace's second Hakuto-R lunar lander, named "Resilience." Liftoff occurred at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) from Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the same launch pad from where all of the Apollo moon landing missions began their journeys.The launch marked SpaceX's 100th Falcon to fly from Pad 39A since leasing the site from NASA in 2014.Just over an hour into the flight, Firefly's Blue Ghost separated from the Falcon's upper stage, deploying it into a highly-elliptical orbit around Earth. Roughly a half hour later, ispace's Resilience did the same.From there, the two landers trajectories and goals diverted. Firefly, based in Texas, if flying its first mission in support of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), delivering science instruments to a point on the moon located just north of where Apollo 11 landed (Mare Tranquilitis) in 1969.Resilience is carrying commercial and cultural payloads organized by ispace, a lunar resource development company with offices in Japan, Luxembourg and the United States. The lander and its micro rover "Tenacious" are headed to the far north of the moon's near or Earth-facing side where they will attempt to do what ispace's first mission in April 2023 failed to do: land softly on the lunar surface.Firefly's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" entire mission is expected to be complete before ispace's Mission 2 (M2) even reaches the moon.Blue Ghost will remain in Earth orbit for 25 days before burning its main engine to set course for the moon. After another four days in transit and 16 in lunar orbit — if everything checks out as expected — the four-legged, 6.6-foot-tall by 11.5-foot diameter (2-by-3.5-meter) lander will autonomously touch down in Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") to begin two weeks of science.Among the mission's NASA-provided payloads are a pneumatic drill to measure heat flow from the interior of the moon (LISTER); a lunar regolith sample collection demonstrator (Lunar PlanetVac); an experiment to compare the stickiness of lunar soil to different materials; an X-ray imager to study the interaction of solar wind and Earth's magnetic field (LEXI); a receiver to track GPS and Galileo navigation satellites throughout a full lunar day on the surface (LuGRE); and a stereo camera to capture the impact of the rocket plume on lunar regolith as the lander descends.
A trail of two moon landers: Firefly's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience lift off
Two private spacecraft are on their way to attempting separate landings on the moon. Firefly's Blue Ghost is expected to take 45 days to arrive in lunar orbit, while ispace's Resilience is expected to...
BILINGUAL STEAM SATURDAY FUN WITH COMET MADE BY OUR DIRECTOR MARQ From educator Natalia Sepúlveda Adorno "I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be the Bilingual STEAM Educator at the American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame ☄️💞 We had our first Bilingual STEAM Saturday of the year! The kiddos learned about the Solar System in English and Spanish. They enjoyed all the fun STEAM activities, including the amazing comet experiment Mr.Marq made! Save the date for the next FREE Bilingual STEAM Saturday class on February 1st from 1030am-12pm. Be on the look out to sign up on the museum's website. There's only 15 spots available for the kiddos! www.Americanspacemuseum.org