Archives for July 2005
Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 9 - Observing at Powell Observatory, Louisburg Kansas, 8:30pm. Program: “Introduction to Astronomy”
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 8-9 - Observing at Lake Afton Public Observatory (Wichita) 9-11pm, Program: “Big, Bigger, Biggest”
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 2 - Solar Observing at Exploration Place (Wichita, Kansas) 10:30am to 12:30pm. See sunspots and solar prominences in visible and hydrogen-alpha light through Exploration Place telescopes.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 11 Jul 2005 at 1:24 pm.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2pm - Experience America’s Return to Flight on the big screen in Exploration Place’s CyberDome Theater as the Space Shuttle roars into the sky after more than 2 years. See a special edition of “Stars Over Kansas”, receive a book about space exploration, followed by live coverage of the Space […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 12 Jul 2005 at 4:46 pm.
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Time to pull out the binoculars, the telescope, or even just a lawn chair. Courtesey of our friends at Universe Today, What’s in the Sky This Week!
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 13 Jul 2005 at 9:02 am.
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Lots going on here in the CyberDome, but the postings should become more regular soon! We have the shuttle launch today, hopefully, and the closest Cassini flyby of the mission so far tomorrow when it flies by Enceladus!
Yesterday, NASA released a movie of Cassini’s encounter with Saturn’s moon Hyperion. As the moon orbits […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 13 Jul 2005 at 12:40 pm.
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The Shuttle launch for today has been scrubbed due to a problem with the early cut-off fuel sensor. A problem with these sensors was discovered during fueling tests on Discovery early this spring.
There is no word yet on how long the mission will be delayed. NASA has until July 31 to launch the […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 13 Jul 2005 at 1:04 pm.
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Spaceflightnow posted this update about exactly what the misbehaving sensor on Disocvery does.
The problem involves the engine cutoff sensors that serve as fuel guages in the external tank.
“We really don’t want the engine to be running at high speed and suddenly run out of fuel. That can lead to a devastating breakdown of the […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 14 Jul 2005 at 7:33 pm.
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James Oberg on MSBNC.com writes a fascinating piece detailing the importance of the intermittent fuel sensors that caused the Shuttle scrub on Wednesday. The low level sensors inside the liquid hydrogen fuel tank saved the shuttle from disaster in 1999 during Columbia’s STS-93 mission to deploy the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 15 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 15-16 - Observing at Lake Afton Public Observatory (Wichita) 9-11pm, Program: “Reflections on the Moon”
