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Apollo 11. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little.
Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? Most of us who are old enough do remember.
July 20, 2009
Rod Heelis: ‘Space storms disrupt GPS, satellite signals’
Rod Heelis on the clarity of satellite radio and GPS signals depends on the ionosphere. Storms in space can interfere with and disrupt earthly communications.
May 8, 2009
Space molecules and the search for life’s origins
Astronomer Anthony Remijan has found evidence that the precursors to life on Earth, large organic space molecules, form in deep space.
April 27, 2009
Neil deGrasse Tyson on cosmic connectivity
Neil deGrasse Tyson told EarthSky, "I think the most remarkable fact about the universe is that the elements that comprise the human body and life on Earth are traceable to the actions of stars."
April 24, 2009
Preparing to say goodbye to the Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program is mandated to end on September 30, 2010, less than a year and a half from now. I am preparing to say goodbye.
April 7, 2009
Chemicals on Mars: Possible evidence of life?
Peter Smith, Principal Investigator of NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission talks about some possible evidence of signs of life in Martian soil by studying chemicals on Mars.
March 9, 2009
Black holes in galaxy cores related to spiral arms
The distribution of mass in galaxy halos might affect how big central supermassive black holes are, and how tightly wound the spiral arms are.
February 27, 2009
Satellite down: The night a satellite crashed
The OCO satellite splashed into the sea near Antarctica Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, leaving eight years of preparation to study Earth's carbon cycle from space unrealized.
February 24, 2009
Mars mineral may mean life-friendly past
A study that's opened up the possibility that life existed on the planet Mars deep in its past. The science team of a NASA mission looks at a Mars mineral on its surface.
February 17, 2009
George Doschek studies sun’s surface, corona
Solar physicist George Doschek of the Naval Research Laboratory spoke to EarthSky on what scientists are learning about the sun's atmosphere.
February 11, 2009
