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Saturday’s Topic: “Apollo 17” & “How 100 Blinking Lights in the Sky Could Be Evidence for Alien Life – Or Something”
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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Alpha Incident” (1978)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
4. Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 Mission Patch
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/s72-49079.jpg?itok=IYYPL4gg
Apollo 17 Crew
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/images/206714main_72-H-1209_full.jpg
Gene Cernan Test Driving the Rover
https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_lg/public/images/5512_640.jpg?itok=EtCPu_Bx
Gene Cernan Standing Next to Rover and Flag
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Apollo_17_Cernan_on_moon.jpg/1280px-Apollo_17_Cernan_on_moon.jpg
Rover Final Resting Place
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Apollo_17_rover_at_final_resting_site.jpg/1280px-Apollo_17_rover_at_final_resting_site.jpg
CM “America” SIM Bay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_17_CSM_SIM_bay.jpg
Huge Boulder with Jack Schmitt
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Moon-apollo17-schmitt_boulder.jpg/1280px-Moon-apollo17-schmitt_boulder.jpg
5. Space Exploration and Space History
NASA Report – December 14, 2019
OSIRIS-Rex: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nightingale_0.png
Boeing Starliner FRR: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/wp-content/uploads/sites/230/2019/12/OFT-FRR-Photo-1.jpg
Starliner on Launch Pad: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/wp-content/uploads/sites/230/2019/12/Wet-dress-OFT-1024×576.jpg
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
December 9:
Pioneer-Venus 2 Entered Atmosphere of Venus (1978)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Pioneer_Venus_2_inspection.jpg
December 10:
Webb Letter to President for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (1992)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg/800px-James_E._Webb%2C_official_NASA_photo%2C_1966.jpg
End of Hubble First Servicing Mission (1993)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Hoffman_and_Musgrave_EVA5.jpg
December 11:
Apollo 17 Lunar Module “Challenger” Touched Down on the Suar Surface (1972)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/NASA_Apollo_17_Lunar_Roving_Vehicle.jpg/1024px-NASA_Apollo_17_Lunar_Roving_Vehicle.jpg
1972: Apollo 17 Lunar Module ‘Challenger’ touched down on the lunar surface, making the last human Moon landing to date. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt would perform 3 Moon walks over the course of their 75-hour stay on the surface. Thanks to the electric powered Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), they also traveled ~22 miles, venturing as far as 4.6 miles from the Lunar Module.
December 12:
First Oscar Phase 1 Amateur Satellite Launched (1962)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/OSCAR_1_satellite-01.jpg/800px-OSCAR_1_satellite-01.jpg
December 14:
WISE Astronomy Satellite Launched (2009)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/WISE_2009-4760.jpg/800px-WISE_2009-4760.jpg
6. Waz Up?
Gemini Meteor Shower
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/12/meteor-geminid-radiant-point-Eliot-Herman-dec-2018-e1544571733920.jpg
East, Midmorning
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/12/Multiple-Moon-Castor-Pollux-Gemini-Dec-2019-12-13-14-1.jpg
English speakers might like sky-live.tv’s Sky Cam for the Geminids, which has no narration: https://www.youtube.com/embed/mFUBpGEjY54.
Orbital Path of 3200 Phaethon
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2015/12/Phaethon_orbit-e1449144562950.jpg
7. Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
“How 100 Blinking Lights in the Sky Could Be Evidence for Alien Life – Or Something”
8. Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
9. Recent Astronomical Discoveries
First Identified COmet to Visit Our Solar System From Another Star
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191212142716.htm?fbclid=IwAR0T-Xj3Mcew9vLpFW03jQZTceCXf_yrn0Asb3jglMG4T21OGjCGT42NhOA
10. Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
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