CosmiCool Space Times – compiled by Roger H. Weiss
A list of links to all things space news, features, announcements, opportunities, articles, history, imagery, videos, and quirks with a strong focus on STUDENT OUTREACH. Roger loves space, good music and family, and he even works in the space industry (at NASA/Johnson Space Center for the International Space Station Program). CosmiCool Space Times is a personal project to get the myriad aspects of space out to the world and we at Echoes of Apollo are keen to help. We proudly introduce this edition for your pleasure.
CosmiCool Space Times 04.09.10
Please Share and Help Make Others Aware … Space Touches Myriad Aspects of Our Lives
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International Space Station Expedition 23 & 24 Press Kit
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/438155main_expedition_23_24_press_kit.pdf
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NASA Announces Winners in the International Space Station Kids in Micro-g! Challenge
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/nlab/experimentchallenge.html
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STS-131 First Spacewalk Complete
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger Is Most Unlikely of Astronauts – ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/dottie-metcalf-lindenburger-astronauts/story?id=10283897
CosmiCool Space Times 04.09.10
NASA Plans New Robot Generation to Explore Moon, Asteroids
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/nasa-robot-moon-bonanza-100407.html
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Dateline NBC to Air ‘Apollo 13: The Real Story’ This Sunday at 6 p.m. CDT
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36225996#36225996
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CBS News Coverage of Apollo 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8BsEmyswaY&feature=related
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Apollo 13 Mission Manual: For the Armchair Astronaut Who Has Everything
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Online Professional Development Workshop: Enrichment Problems in Space and Earth Science IX
http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Astronomy Image of the Day: A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100406.html
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Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Gyroscopes in space
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/03/saturday-morning-sci-22.html
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Astronaut Shannon Walker Sponsors Video Contest for Greater Houston Area Students
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeexsSF2uf8&feature=digest
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Contest: The Labbies — The Scientist’s 2010 Multimedia Awards. If you have a short video, lab website, blog, or other techy creation designed to communicate your life science research, submit it to our contest by May 10.
http://drop.io/hidden/wgjurfdcidhpjr/upload
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: What NASA Means to America’s Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQhNZENMG1o&feature=player_embedded
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Magnificent photos of STS-131 Space Shuttle Discovery Pre-Dawn Launch
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts131/launch/
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Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal NASA program office assignments
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Tough transition ahead
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6950824.html
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Details of Workforce Breakdown Under NASA FY 2011 Budget
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1386
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Yuri’s Night – World Space Party, April 12
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Hubble: Small Companion to Brown Dwarf Challenges Simple Definition
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2010/03/
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NASA Heliophysics Educator Ambassador Program (Teachers Grades 6-8), Tuesday, July 6—Saturday, July 10; The Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/pd/index.shtml#workshops
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YouTube – Observing in Hawaii - Sixty Symbols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn5pHqENfJA&feature=digest
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The Dream Rocket
CosmiCool Space Times 04.09.10
Space Available: NASA Embraces Open Government Initiative
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=30563
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Hubble spots giant planet orbiting tiny star
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Space Photos of Earth Shot from Balloon, Used Camera and Duct Tape – ABC News
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Geomagnetic storms
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Thoughts and photos about the Space Shuttle…by Guy-Christophe Coppel
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30070523&l=7bd57cafdb&id=1060325086
CosmiCool Space Times 04.09.10
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: 2010 Semi-Annual Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia Auction
http://www.astronautscholarship.org/2010asemi_auction.py
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Obama to arrive at KSC at 1:45 p.m. April 15
http://flametrench.flatoday.net/2010/04/obama-to-arrive-at-ksc-at-145-pm-april.html
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April 2010 Earth & Space Science News for Educators from Lunar & Planetary Institute
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/news/
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Progress/photos on the Orion LAS stacking is being tracked on Orion’s Facebook
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NASA’s Basement Tapes
http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/04/09/april-9th-nasa%e2%80%99s-basement-tapes/
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Gorgeous Hubble Photo Shows Stretched-Out Galaxy
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/hubble-stretched-out-galaxy-100408.html
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Space Tourism Society NY
http://www.spacetourismsocietyny.org/
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Space History Memento Catalog
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A Cyborg Space Race
http://www.physorg.com/news189753835.html
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Cool Video: Pixels by Patrick Jean
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/08/pixels-by-patrick-je.html
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‘Star Wars’ headed to TV as an animated sitcom, exploring the funny in that far-away galaxy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-tv-star-wars-sitcom,0,5066279.story
CosmiCool Space Times 04.09.10
Star Wars Sound Effects Quiz
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/04/star-wars-sound-effe.html
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Snoopy to Sci-Fi: NASA’s Most Offbeat Posters
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=5343&gid=392
Regards,
-Rog








