2006 Jan 09 – On January 9, at the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Reno, Nevada, the final results from the daytime Genesis SRC entry observing campaign were presented in a paper entitled “Surface heating from remote sensing of the hypervelocity entry of the NASA GENESIS Sample Return Capsule” (by Jenniskens, Wercinski, Olejniczak, et al.). Observers immediately under the track near Carlin may see a meteor as bright as -9 magnitude, according to Peter Jenniskens, based on peak surface temperature calculations by Mike Wright of NASA Ames. It was discovered that the surface stayed cooler by about 570 K from our pre-flight assessment, but stayed warm longer than expected, presumably on account of thermal conduction into the heat shield material, ablative cooling, and finite-rate jwall catalycity. Objective of the workshop was to bring together airborne and ground-based observers with researchers specializing in theory and laboratory experiments, to discuss aspects of the Stardust SRC entry that are of interest to further our understanding of thermal protection systems and natural meteors in hypervelocity reentries.

Study of past climate change on Earth and of other planetary atmospheres provides an additional tool in assessing general understanding of the atmosphere and its evolution. NASA develops new ways to observe and study Earth’s interconnected natural systems with long-term data records and computer analysis tools to better see how our planet is changing. Remember that the simpler and bigger the graph, the better. 2005 June 05 – A paper presenting the calculations of predicted radiation signatures made to prepare for the Genesis SRC Entry observing campaign is now in press. The predicted emission shows many atomic lines from shock emissions. Lines were calculated by Marek Kozubal and Ron Dantowitz of the Clay Center Observatory at Dexter and Southfield Schools (map courtesy Google maps). Emission lines are identified. No matter you are an established company owner or going to own an organization soon, you might just want to make sure an efficacious and smooth running of operations.

1) The amount of water needed to be carried by the astronauts in order to make this work for even a very small length of time in the direct 55 oover the boiling point of water (210oF at sea level on Earth) heat of the sun could not have possibly been carried by the astronauts. The movie-star look to SpaceX’s new spacesuits is just one of the innovative features the Crew Dragon astronauts enjoyed during the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station. Canada has contributed the robotic Canadarm2 and Dextre manipulator systems to the International Space Station (ISS). 2005 Dec 09 – An international workshop was held to discuss the anticipated emission signatures of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule. 2005 Dec 10 – Participants in the Workshop on Re-entry Signatures presented data that predict a peak visible brightness of order -7 magnitude seen from a distance of 100 km, weaker at larger distances and when the capsule is seen from behind. 2005 Dec 16 – Contact was lost after the second sample collection effort on November 26, when the spacecraft was put in a spin. It now hovers at around 20 km from the asteroid, before a touchdown and sample collection in the months ahead.

Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the man who brought the idea of a celebration and competitiveness of sports back from the ancient days to the ceremonies we know now. Then this cloud would continue orbiting the sun as it does now (the length of a year would be the same) and the moon would continue orbiting this cloud as it does the earth now (the length of a month would be the same). I remember sitting at a computer in one of my university’s IT centers and being astounded to receive real-time messages from a friend who was spending a year in Russia. Many mysteries hide beneath Jupiter’s beautifully chaotic clouds, but with the help of some clever astronomical techniques and NASA’s Juno spacecraft, one of the giant planet’s biggest puzzles may be closer to being solved. 2005 Oct 23 – The Stardust SRC will approach UTTR from a West-North-Western direction on January 15, at around 03:00 MST (time will be known to within a second closer to the time of reentry). NASA’s DC-8 will follow a racetrack trajectory just south of this path, outside restricted air space, oriented in such a manner that the point of peak brightness (at around 60 km altitude) will be the prime viewing direction.