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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The History of the NORAD Santa Tracker – Billye KF5PDS

Website:
http://noradsanta.org

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=norad+santa+tracker&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

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

The CST-100
https://www.aerospace-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/12/1l-image-Boeing-CST-100-Starliner.jpg

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

Mythology
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Noctua%2C_Corvus%2C_Crater%2C_Sextans_Urani%C3%A6%2C_Hydra%2C_Felis%2C_Lupus%2C_Centaurus%2C_Antlia_Pneumatica%2C_Argo_Navis%2C_and_Pyxis_Nautica.jpg/1920px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Noctua%2C_Corvus%2C_Crater%2C_Sextans_Urani%C3%A6%2C_Hydra%2C_Felis%2C_Lupus%2C_Centaurus%2C_Antlia_Pneumatica%2C_Argo_Navis%2C_and_Pyxis_Nautica.jpg

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

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

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

Dec. 22
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58839.5119496222&type=V

LightSail 2
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=44420&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Dec. 26
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58843.5197790845&type=V

Dec. 28
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58845.5120207711&type=V

Dec. 29
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58846.5446107878&type=V

North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Dec. 23
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58840.5063322088&type=V

Dec. 26
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Dec. 30
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58847.512240128&type=V