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ISS Video: Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean

January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ISS030-E-36040

This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken January 3, 2012 from 15:01:30 to 15:08:17 GMT, on a pass from the Indian Ocean, just west of Australia, to south of Australia, west of Tasmania. The pass begins looking eastward toward southern Australia at the Aurora Australis. The crew captures the aurora just before the sun begins to come up in this short video. A few orbiting satellites pass by throughout the video as … [Read more...]

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In Recognition of Excellence…

August 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Images from three of NASA's Great Observatories were combined to create this spectacular, multiwavelength view of the starburst galaxy M82. Photo Credit: NASA

This post was updated November 6, 2011. Sometimes, the expressions "Thank you!" or "I appreciate all you do," are wholly inadequate to express gratitude to someone for the contributions they make to one's personal and professional life. Thankfully, organizations like Women In Aerospace (WIA) encourage people to nominate their heroes and role models for recognition. I had no idea if Stephanie Schierholz (@Schierholz) would even be eligible for the award this year; I was halfway through … [Read more...]

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NASATweetup – Paying it Forward

July 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
Father and Son: STS-1 (1981) and STS-135 (2011)

Over the course of NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program, many millions of people from around the world witnessed a Shuttle launch live in Florida. Families and friends camped in public parks, people flocked to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Astronaut Hall of Fame, tourists joined established tours to the NASA Causeway, and native Floridians simply stepped outside or took their boats/other watercraft out on launch day. People even managed to view Shuttle launches from Florida's … [Read more...]

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Definitive Tweetup Attendee Gear List

June 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tweet by @danielscuka that inspired this blog post

The tweet that inspired this blog post happened to deal with one of NASA's Space Shuttle launch tweetups, in this case the one held for the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134): Are you heading to a day-long or multi-day event where you anticipate using social media to document and share the experience with friends, family and followers? Perhaps you have been selected to attend a formal tweetup event, such as an upcoming NASA Tweetup, Space Camp Tweetup, NASM Pilot Day … [Read more...]

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Resources for NASA Launch Tweetups

March 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
Members of the media and STS-132 Tweetup participants gather near the countdown clock to watch space shuttle Atlantis lift off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14.

A fresh group of 150 NASA Tweetup participants is about to descend on the Space Coast for the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is set to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. With just two Space Shuttle flights remaining, including STS-134, it is more important than ever that space advocates and NASA Tweetup participants share their unique experiences with the world. To help newly-minted NASA Tweetup participants, as … [Read more...]

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What’s the Next Step?

March 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
70 foot long vacuum tank at Glenn Research Center

A 2 minute audio podcast (MP3) about space and science outreach, SpaceUp Houston and what comes next: What's the Next Step? What are you doing to help space outreach & science education? … [Read more...]

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Get Your SpaceUp!

February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Session board for SpaceUp DC on Day 1. Credit: Cariann Higgenbotham (@Cariann)

SpaceUp is a fun, free-form conference about anything and everything related to space. SpaceUps are based on the widely successful "unconference" format where attendees, themselves, are the primary drivers of the content, structure and schedule of the conference. You don't have to be a rocket scientist, engineer, astronaut, educator, or space geek to attend, yet you will meet and gain insights from people in many of these fields at a SpaceUp conference! This weekend, February 12 & … [Read more...]

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My NASA Tweetup “Year”

December 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
STS-129 NASA Tweetup attendees at the press site

It's New Year's Eve, a day many people reflect on the year that's drawing to a close. As I try to do that, however, I am transported to November 2009 as the starting point of my "year". Why? In November 2009, I achieved a lifelong dream of experiencing a Space Shuttle launch in person at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. I never thought I'd see the Space Shuttle stack with my own eyes, much less witness a launch from the press site just 3 miles away. So many things I never thought I would … [Read more...]

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Best Space Science Apps?

December 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
ISS Flight Control Room (FCR) - February 2010

The following list is focused on iOS (iPad/iPhone) devices only because I don't have direct experience with modern non-iOS mobile devices. For space/science app recommendations for any other platform, visit Spacevidcast.com's mobile applications list. Let's start with the free stuff, shall we? These free apps actually rival some of the commercial apps I have run across. FREE Apps: NASA App / NASA App HD for iPad - NASA's official app; LOTS to see here on all of NASA's missions … [Read more...]

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