Scott Sandford, NASA Ames, ssandford@mail.arc.nasa.gov “Taking a Ride on the Wild Side: The Successful Stardust Sample Return Mission to Comet 81P/Wild 2” One of the rare sample return mission meant to analyze the composition of a comet. There are long term benefits to sample return missions including future study and analyses that were not developed or wanted at the time of the original mission. Stardust had to make three elliptical orbits of different sizes in order to get the right timing to collect from the comet. Sandford discusses the design of Stardust including specific design challenges such as the 6km/s…
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Here’s a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYKjR1sJY4 a mid-infrared (MIR) image showing the flash of the Centaur impact: www.universetoday.com/2009/10/09/moon-impact-data-and-images-from-lcross-first-glance/mir-flash-detection/ and an image of an even larger impact we performed about 40 years ago: the Apollo 14 booster stage for calibrating Apollo 12’s seismometers: www.universetoday.com/2009/10/09/lro-spots-apollo-14-booster-crash-site-on-moon/ And NASA’s LCROSS page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/
“Dark Secrets: What Science Tells Us About the Hidden Universe“ admission free • monday, october 26, 2009 • 7:00 – 8:30 pm Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Roda Stage) 2015 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 9470 No mystery is bigger than dark energy — the elusive force that makes up three-quarters of the Universe and is causing it to expand at an accelerating rate. KTVU Channel 2 health and science editor John Fowler will moderate a panel of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists who use phenomena such as exploding stars and gravitational lenses to explore the dark cosmos. Saul Perlmutter heads the Supernova…
SCIENCE EDUCATORS’ DAY (EDAY) Special FREE event for Middle and High School Educators Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Time: 5:30-8:00 PM (dinner provided) Where: Frances C. Arrillaga Stanford Alumni Center – McCaw Hall, Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, CA Cost: FREE (includes dinner) The event includes: Approximately 20 stations with educators demonstrating and discussing hands-on materials for teaching optics to secondary school students Gift bags containing demonstration aids and lesson plans for the first 100 registrants Additional optics materials available as door prizes A buffet dinner allowing you to mingle with fellow teachers and conference attendees Questions? Email EDAY@osa.org or call…
Join the Northern California Northern Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers at our Fall Meeting/Conference Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2009 Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM at Paul Robinson’s Home (directions) Guest of Honor: Sy Liebergot, Flight Controller of Mission Control during Apollo Program Saturday Meeting/Conference Conference Center, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA From Highway 101: 1. Exit Moffett Blvd./NASA Parkway. 2. At the stop sign just short of the NASA Ames gate, turn right into the conference center parking lot. Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM Hot Dog Reception Complimentary Hot Dogs (beef or tofu)…