tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43695261895575281202024-03-14T00:23:57.980-07:00EarthObserver-NetEarthObserver-Net is a fun part of The EarthDirectory Network of Environmental Directories and Blogs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-87229261580157503832023-11-16T08:58:00.000-08:002023-11-17T15:50:02.151-08:00Thank You Frank Borman! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Former astronaut Frank Borman died on November 7, 2023 in Billings Montana at the age of 95. He was commander of the Apollo 8 mission which was the first mission taking humans beyond earth orbit and the first mission with humans going into orbit around the moon. This was the mission that produced the famous photo of earth rising over the moon's surface ("Earthrise"). He also commanded the Gemini 7 mission which, with the Gemini 6 mission, conducted the first rendezvous in space. He had many other accomplishments in his life and you can read about them on the following links:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-administrator-honors-life-of-apollo-astronaut-frank-borman/"><b>https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-administrator-honors-life-of-apollo-astronaut-frank-borman/</b></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-frank-borman/"><b>https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-frank-borman/</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIoUlNGib_EM9LVTFMh04atVbUrLmQCoqpPbKUeNrsax0wsvf8pSd9VM_e4tuZw5cP6E9tu-8Rx4ThlEACd57FxAAWz2eJble5V9UsLrOuRHYbwdvkmIkpW2ga0DYLg1CESbaeABsG2qMFUNrCwKgkFxYWfL-lOCz9Rlr45cSgosfB0t0yZzK547AlaM/s1920/FrankBormanApollo8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1920" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIoUlNGib_EM9LVTFMh04atVbUrLmQCoqpPbKUeNrsax0wsvf8pSd9VM_e4tuZw5cP6E9tu-8Rx4ThlEACd57FxAAWz2eJble5V9UsLrOuRHYbwdvkmIkpW2ga0DYLg1CESbaeABsG2qMFUNrCwKgkFxYWfL-lOCz9Rlr45cSgosfB0t0yZzK547AlaM/w536-h386/FrankBormanApollo8.jpg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Astronaut Frank Borman, mission commander, shown during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. <br />Print made from movie film. December 21, 1968. 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Johnson <br />prior to the launch of Apollo 8. December 21, 1968. 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Anders, lunar module pilot. October 9, 1968. 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December 18, 1965. 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Photo credit: Astronaut William Anders, NASA.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-28264229189613807042022-12-01T09:12:00.003-08:002022-12-01T09:12:40.340-08:00Video of Images from NASA's Orion Spacecraft as it Takes its Trip Around the Moon!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fNSmLNWyojA" width="479" youtube-src-id="fNSmLNWyojA"></iframe></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-60331172340018182192022-11-16T08:37:00.024-08:002022-11-17T06:41:46.985-08:00Artemis 1 Launches, Sending Orion to the Moon<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLTnrzV7BPpkrX_0JLelQCe_GSPZJJvvSQAkb_cpzcY_HUfGukJikpEbE8Sz5ETp0aWNjV39JUDuwOnzd5WGu3_pnmr11GqxryD43t4xj1dnZzotGbEDBFVDu2PwjXH8_SAtV-mG4Ha9VYFev63t7YPFYEBCaL1XGSP4jman1xcYI_An1MKudEwaQ/s4346/Artimus1LiftOff.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="4346" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLTnrzV7BPpkrX_0JLelQCe_GSPZJJvvSQAkb_cpzcY_HUfGukJikpEbE8Sz5ETp0aWNjV39JUDuwOnzd5WGu3_pnmr11GqxryD43t4xj1dnZzotGbEDBFVDu2PwjXH8_SAtV-mG4Ha9VYFev63t7YPFYEBCaL1XGSP4jman1xcYI_An1MKudEwaQ/w640-h346/Artimus1LiftOff.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls (click on image to enlarge it)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Artemis 1, the most powerful rocket in the world to ever successfully fly, launches on Wednesday November 16, 2022 sending Orion to the Moon. Check out this <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/liftoff-nasa-s-artemis-i-mega-rocket-launches-orion-to-moon"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span>NASA news releas</span><span>e</span></span></b></a> about the mission.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A short video of the launch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6jBScTfn8R0" width="320" youtube-src-id="6jBScTfn8R0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A longer video of the launch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CdTnwmLMaDY" width="320" youtube-src-id="CdTnwmLMaDY"></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-3005887763599083612020-06-01T07:57:00.003-07:002022-11-16T16:36:02.392-08:00Crew Dragon Launches on the Falcon 9 to the International Space Station - First American Launch of Astronauts Since 2011<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley head up to the International Space Station in the Crew Dragon on the Falcon 9 for the first launch from American soil since 2011. The lift off was at 3:22 p.m. EDT May 30, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They docked successfully with the ISS on May 31, 2020 approximately 19 hours after reaching orbit. Below are some videos of the launch and of the arrival of the Crew Dragon at the ISS.<br />
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For more information on the 20th anniversay of the ISS see these links from NASA:<br />
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On the very long video above, see lots of amazing views of Earth from orbit several thousand kilometers above earth from the SpaceX spacecraft with Elon Musk's old $100,000 cherry red Tesla Roadster with a dummy in its driver's seat named "Starman." After orbiting for a few hours after the launch yesterday, the spacecraft has since had a successful burn to take it out of Earth orbit and on its way towards Mars. It will continue indefinitely on an orbit that will keep it going around the sun and back again towards Mar's orbit and the asteroid belt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-37315901492945406372018-02-06T17:34:00.001-08:002018-03-06T20:03:38.633-08:00Video of Launch of SpaceX "Falcon Heavy" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The launch takes place at about 20 minutes into the video. The beginning of the amazing touch down of two of the boosters on pads at Cape Canaveral starts at around 29 minutes into the video as they separate simultaneously from the spacecraft, with the actual touch down of the boosters at 38 minutes. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-599969941192225872017-01-31T14:31:00.002-08:002017-01-31T14:49:18.481-08:00Thank You Gene Cernan!<span style="font-size: small;">Eugene Cernan died this month on Monday, January 16, 2017. He flew three times in space including two times to the moon. He was the second American to walk in space and the last human to leave the lunar surface. For more information on Gene Cernan's life click <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/cernan"><b>here</b></a>.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-1772413279388344092016-12-17T20:03:00.002-08:002017-01-31T14:35:28.601-08:00Thank You John Glenn!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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John Glenn died last week on Thursday December 8, 2016 at age 95. He was one of the original seven original American astronauts and on February 20, 1962 was the first American to orbit the Earth. He also was the oldest person to fly in space when he lifted off on the space shuttle Discovery for almost 9 days on October 29, 1998. Some of his many other accomplishments include being a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War, being a test pilot setting a transcontinental speed record in 1957 and later serving four terms as a U.S. Senator. For more information about John Glenn's amazing life see the link below:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-60893326102994891382016-09-12T17:32:00.001-07:002016-09-12T18:11:16.722-07:00Up It Goes to the Asteroid! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-7623104118570527342016-04-03T19:11:00.002-07:002016-04-07T20:00:29.060-07:00Earthrise 2015<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The image above was created from a series of images taken October 12, 2015 by the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) when the LRO was about 83 miles above the moon's farside crater Compton.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-65453206075817762312016-03-02T19:22:00.002-08:002017-01-31T14:52:04.882-08:00Welcome Home Scott Kelly! - After 340 Days in Space, a New American Record!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Scott Kelly selfie in the International Space Station's cupola on July 12, 2015. Image Credit: NASA</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-88463931678087802302016-02-19T18:37:00.002-08:002016-02-20T15:15:34.987-08:00It's Time to Get Serious About the Threat to Earth from Asteroids!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-69358312209473768082015-12-17T20:13:00.000-08:002015-12-23T18:04:36.688-08:00A Beautiful Launch of Expedition 46 to the Space Station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (Russia), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra (USA) and Flight Engineer Tim Peake (United Kingdom) launch to the International Space Station on the Soyuz TMA-19M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2015.<br />
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A camera on board the ISS captured the view below of the Soyuz climbing towards the Space Station.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">In the below photo, the Expedition 46 Soyuz is approaching the ISS for docking on December 15, 2015. Commander Malenchenko had to manually dock the Soyuz after the automatic docking controls failed.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-1716608614241050752015-11-21T18:31:00.003-08:002015-11-21T19:38:32.360-08:00Spacewalking Astronaut's Selfie <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly took this selfie on his first spacewalk on October 28, 2015. Kelly, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, is staying on the International Space Station 342 days, nearly a year. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-24318212164394095882015-10-31T14:53:00.000-07:002015-10-31T15:32:33.253-07:00"Dead" Skull-Shaped Comet Zips Past Earth on Halloween <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The dead comet, named asteroid 2015 TB145, is approximately 2000 feet in diameter with a velocity of 35 km per second and is passing Earth at 1.3 lunar distances (302,000 miles) today - Halloween! For more information on the comet see: <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/halloween-skies-to-include-dead-comet-flyby">http://www.nasa.gov/feature/halloween-skies-to-include-dead-comet-flyby</a> </b>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/national-astronomy-and-ionosphere-center-arecibo-observatory/near-earth-asteroid-2015-tb145-passes-by-without-a-fright/1082765941733673"><b>https://www.facebook.com/notes/national-astronomy-and-ionosphere-center-arecibo-observatory/near-earth-asteroid-2015-tb145-passes-by-without-a-.</b></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-12433527319930462492015-10-28T17:30:00.000-07:002015-10-28T19:06:57.840-07:00Cassini Satellite Successfully Goes Through the Water & Ice Plumes of Saturn's Ice-Covered Ocean Moon Enceladus<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-1029379079419686852015-10-19T18:27:00.003-07:002015-10-19T19:19:11.778-07:00Daily Multiple Images of Earth Now Available from 1 Million Miles Away! Daily images of Earth from one million miles out in space are now available from the EPIC camera on NASA's DSCOVR satellite. The images have been taken 12 to 36 hours before they're posted on the website below:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-51948211910942046272015-07-24T16:32:00.001-07:002015-07-30T21:11:28.523-07:00First View of Earth from the DSCOVR Satellite from One Million Miles from Earth This view from a NASA camera is the first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from the DSCOVR satellite from one million miles away. The image was taken on July 6, 2015. A daily series of new images covering the entire earth will be provided on a dedicated web page starting by September and these images will be posted on the web page within 12 to 36 hours after they're taken. EarthObserver will of course link to those images once they're available. For more informatin about the DSCOVR satellite click <a href="http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/"><b>here</b></a>. To enlarge the image below, go to this <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/187_1003705_americas_dxm.png"><b>link</b></a> and click on the image.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-88780751732546527192015-04-09T17:54:00.000-07:002015-04-09T18:09:36.326-07:00Expedition 43 Launches to Space Station <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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For those of you that missed it, the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft launched on March 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station with the crew for Expedition 43. The crew consists of American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Grenady Padalka. Kelly and Kornienko will spend almost a year on the Space Station. The videos of the launch and the docking with the Space Station are below:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369526189557528120.post-80158597651046851132015-02-12T15:48:00.000-08:002015-02-12T18:58:34.558-08:00DSCOVR Launches<div style="text-align: center;">
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The NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) successfully launched yesterday, February 11, 2015 at 6:03 p.m. EST, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. DSCOVR's primary purpose is to maintain the nation's solar wind observations which will provide space weather alerts, forecasts and warnings. It will also carry two NASA Earth science instruments for measuring conditions on Earth. DSCOVR will provide a continuous stream of color photographs of the sunlit side of Earth from its orbit position approximately 1 million miles from Earth between the Sun and Earth at the first Lagrange point (L1), the neutral gravity point between Earth and the Sun. EarthObserver.Net will of course provide a link to the "live" color views of earth from DSCOVR as soon as they are publicly available, which should be in about 4 months. You can view the launch on the video below:<br />
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