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Saturday’s Topic: “Space Disasters” and “Tour of the Constellation Canis Major”
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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Battle of the Worlds (1961)
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Space Exploration Disasters: Part 1, Remembering Space Disasters
This week (would have) marked NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance
https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/nasa-day-of-remembrance-jan-31-2019/
Valentin Bondarenko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Bondarenko
Theodore Freeman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Freeman
Elliot See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_See
Charles Bassett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bassett
Virgil “Gus” Grissom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom
Ed White
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_White_(astronaut)
Roger B. Chaffee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Chaffee
Vladimir Komarov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Komarov
Michael J. Adams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams
Clifton C. Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Williams
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Lawrence_Jr.
Georgy Dobrovolsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Volkov
Gregory Jarvis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Jarvis
Christa McAuliffe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe
Ronald McNair
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair
Ellison Onizuka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka
Judith Resnik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Resnik
Michael J. Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Smith_(astronaut)
Dick Scobee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Scobee
Sergei Vozovikov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Vozovikov
Rick D. Husband
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Husband
William C. McCool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._McCool
Michael P. Anderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Anderson
David M. Brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Brown
Kalpana Chawla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla
Laurel Clark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Clark
Ilan Ramon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Ramon
Jules F. Mier, Jr
https://azdailysun.com/jules-f-mier-jr/article_37c50990-ef07-5a0a-9503-26d484f3e13b.html
Charles Krenek
https://www.firehouse.com/lodds/news/10572383/helicopter-crash-claims-texas-firefighter
Michael Alsbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alsbury
Valentin Bondarenko
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Bondarenko_valentin.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Bondarenko
Apollo 1
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Apollo1-Crew_01.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Apollo_1%27s_Command_Module_-_GPN-2003-00057.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
Soyuz 1
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Soviet_Union-1964-stamp-Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/RIAN_archive_888102_Soviet_cosmonauts.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Komarov
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/11/man-who-fell-from-space-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_1
Soyuz 11
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Soyuz_11_crew.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/ASTP_Soyuz_Spacecraft.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11
STS-51L
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Challenger_breakup.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/ChallengerFuselageDisplay.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=n2pbop2fh60010n76lmcnh4po7&action=dlattach;topic=8535.0;attach=25186
STS-107
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Crew_of_STS-107%2C_official_photo.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/STS-107_Columbia_entry_imaged_from_ground.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Columbia_debris_detected_by_radar.jpg
“Waz Up?” (What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?)
Cosmos 2227 Keplers
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=22285&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
Southeast, One Hour Before Sunrise
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/02/2019-feb-1-moon-saturn-venus-jupiter-antares.jpg
February New Moon
https://img.purch.com/h/1000/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA3NC83Nzkvb3JpZ2luYWwvZWFydGhzaGluZV8yMDExMjEyX2xyZy5qcGc=
Big Dipper Asterism
http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2018/09/Dipper-Cass-equal.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Tonight’s Constellation is Canis Major
Constellation Canis Major
Photo #1 Sirius A and Sirius B
Photo #2 Tau Canis Majoris Cluster (NGC 2362)
Photo #3 Open Cluster (M41/NGC 2287)
Photo #4 Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359)
Photo #5a Pair of Colliding Spiral Galaxies (NGC 2207 & IC 2163)
Photo #5b Pair Colliding Galaxies (NGC 2207 & IC 2163)
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Missing-link in Planet Evolution Found
Hubble Fortuitously Discovers a New Galaxy in the Cosmic Neighborhood
Space Exploration and Space History
This Week in Space History
1967 January 27: Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) Fire
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Apollo_1%27s_Command_Module_-_GPN-2003-00057.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Apollo_1_fire.jpg
1986 January 28: Challenger (STS-51-L) Disaster
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Booster_Rocket_Breach_-_GPN-2000-001425.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Challenger_breakup.jpg
1964 January 29: Saturn-SA 5 Development Launch.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Saturn_SA5_launch.jpg
1967 January 31: Funeral services for the Apollo 1 crew.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Apollo1plaque.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/LC34plaque2.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/KSC_Launch_Complex_34.jpg
1964 January 30: Launch of Ranger 6
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ranger_6_lift_off_KSC-64PC-0002.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/1964_71390L.JPG
1971 January 31: Launch of Apollo 14.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Apollo_14_Shepard.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Apollo_14_Launch_-_GPN-2000-000633.jpg
1939 January 31: Birth of Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk.
1961 January 31: Monkeys in outer space!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Chimpanzee_Ham_in_Biopack_Couch_-_cropped.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Ham_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001007.jpg
1966 January 31: Launch of Luna 9.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Luna_9_Musee_du_Bourget_P1010505.JPG
1958 February 1: Launch of Explorer 1.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Explorer1.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
2003 February 1: Columbia Disaster.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Crew_of_STS-107%2C_official_photo.jpg
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
Tiangong 2
Feb. 5
Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
Feb. 3
Feb. 4
Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Feb. 11
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