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Welcome to a new and exciting column on the wonders of the night sky! Get set for an amazing journey into the wonders of Astronomy, Space, Aviation and Weather, with me, Dr.Sky, the good stuff of our websites; www.drsky.com; www.drsky.tv Each month, you will find some useful and interesting informationon how to be a part [...]
Welcome to a new and exciting column on the wonders of the night sky! Get set for an amazing journey into the wonders of Astronomy, Space, Aviation and Weather, with me, Dr.Sky, the good stuff of our websites; www.drsky.com; www.drsky.tv Each month, you will find some useful and interesting information on how to be a [...]
The NASA spacecraft , Mars Science Laboratory and its rover Curiosity, launched from Florida on November 26th, on its way to Mars. The craft along with the rover will arrive at Mars in August of 2012. The Curiosity rover will deploy to the surface of Mars and land in a region known as Gale crater. [...]
One of the most amazing planetary systems has been discovered by the Kepler science team. A star system, some 600 light years from the Sun, harbors a small planet known as Kepler 22b. The planet is some 2.4 times the size of the Earth, around a G5 spectral class star. Kepler 22b lies in the [...]
News from the Russian News agency NOVOSTI, claims that the ISS, will be placed into a shallow orbit, to burn up over the Pacific ocean sometime around the year 2020. This information was gathered from sources close to the Russian Space Agency and deputy chief, Vitalius Davydov. The ISS, is near completion and space experts [...]
Dr.Sky was given the high honor of being a part of the last space shuttle launch (STS-135), attending as part of the media. This was the first time that I have seen a live launch and memory of the event, will last a lifetime! I had arrived in Florida on July 7th, with poor weather [...]
After some four years of space travel, the NASA DAWN spacecraft has arrived at the large asteroid 4Vesta. The spacecraft arrived in the vicinity of 4 Vesta on July 16th around 1PM EDT. Vesta is the brightest of the asteroids and one of the first to be discovered. It was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich [...]
While attending the recent SPACEFEST Conference in Tucson, Arizona, I had the honor of meeting the key actors in the classic Stanley Kubrick epic, “2001: A Space Odyssey”. This has been my favorite movie for so many years and it was great to meet “Dave Bowman” and “Dr.Frank Poole” in person. If you have never [...]
Plans call for the largest telescope in the world, to be built on top of Mauna Kea, in Hawaii. The 30 Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation, will be building this massive telescope on one of the most interesting locations on the globe. The University of Hawaii has applied for and been granted a Conservation District Use [...]
Get set for a most amazing treat! The full moon of March 19th 2011, will be what many are calling a “SuperMoon”. The full Worm Moon of the 19th, will be the closest full moon in over 19 years! During the moons monthly motion around the Earth, we have an apogee (farthest distance from earth) [...]
The spy satellites were used from the 1960s to the 1980s to observe the Soviet Union.
A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in 40 years.
