SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “CST-100”, “NORAD Santa Tracker” & “Constellation of the Month: Corvus the Crow”
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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Jason and the Argonauts” (1963)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
The History of the NORAD Santa Tracker – Billye KF5PDS
Website:
http://noradsanta.org
Harry Shoup, the Santa Colonel
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_Santa_Colonel%2C_US_Air_Force_Colonel_Harry_Shoup.jpg/1280px-The_Santa_Colonel%2C_US_Air_Force_Colonel_Harry_Shoup.jpg
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
America’s Newest Ride to Space: The CST-100
Orion Spacecraft
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2018/11/artist_s_impression_of_the_orion_spacecraft/17858606-1-eng-GB/Artist_s_impression_of_the_Orion_spacecraft_pillars.jpg
Starliner, Dragon, and ISS
https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/LBao296_5QcFVCZ2mxI2maMc5mg=/800×600/filters:no_upscale():focal(422×137:423×138)/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/a7/37/a7370506-fc91-49db-9210-3719121ad66b/taxis_side_by_side2.jpg
Atlas V Starliner
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cst_100-1170×658.jpg
CST-100 Launch
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/EMOl4PJWsAAdznO.jpg
CST-100 Orbital Staging
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sjj5hZhC5rD6AHDvPDX7rU-1024-80.jpg
CST-100 Launch
https://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2019/12/20/5ad1b97d-b05a-4206-a6e6-083130b1a62d/5ad1b97d-b05a-4206-a6e6-083130b1a62d_16x9_788x442.jpg
Space Exploration and Space History
Brenda WB5OZL/Kelley K5KTX (Alternates Each Week)
Space History
December 16, 1965 – Launch of Pioneer 6
Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Pioneer-6-9.jpg
December 17, 1903
Wright Brothers First Flight
https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/4915484_121718-wtvd-wright-brothers-first-flight-vid.jpg?w=800&r=16%3A9
December 19, 1960
MR-1 and MR-1A Spacecraft
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Mercury_Spacecraft_at_NASA_Ames.JPG/520px-Mercury_Spacecraft_at_NASA_Ames.JPG
December 21, 1968
Apollo 8 Earthrise
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg/520px-NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
December 16, 1857
Edward Emerson Barnard
http://collections.ucolick.org/exhibits_on_line/E2E.1/images/EEB1.jpg
December 19, 2013 – Launch of Gaia
Launch of Gaia
https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GaiaLaunchArt4x3_ESA-879×485.jpg
December 16, 2019
Hubble Space Telescope Health Check
https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hubble.jpg
Waz Up?
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
Corvus the Crow
Skychart
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Corvus_IAU.svg/1920px-Corvus_IAU.svg.png
Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Antennae_Galaxies_reloaded.jpg/1920px-Antennae_Galaxies_reloaded.jpg
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes’ Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191219074632.htm?fbclid=IwAR3lfbNj58PXsTSl7paSIdqIbKA5tK2Nky7CApXwHnTmZ_hz3wQ_u_51KJs
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
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