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I Have Loved the Stars
My first planetarium software was an old black and white program that ran on a Macintosh Classic computer. I have tried to find a reference for it, but can’t remember its name. As a physics teacher at Juab High School … Continue reading
An Interview with Dr. Rakesh Mogul of NASA’s Office of Planetary Protection
The Office of Planetary Protection’s primary role is to minimize the biological contamination of the solar system that may result from human based exploration – robotic exploration and basic human exploration. Continue reading
Selecting the Next Landing Site on Mars
An astronomy education activity for learning the features of Mars Continue reading
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Tagged columbia hills, deuteronilus mensae, hellas basin, hidden figures, holden crater, jezero crater, lunar and planetary science conference, mars education, mars exploration, mars landing site, mars rover, matt golombek, search for life on mars, selecting landing sites on mars, sirtis major, tooting crater, valles marineris
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Extremophiles: Earth Analogs for Alien Life
Astrobiologists have yet to find conclusive proof of life outside Earth, although tantalizing clues of the possibility of life do exist. Just this week, researchers announced the discovery of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. Phosphine is found in … Continue reading
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Tagged acidophile, alkali bee, anaerobic, astrobiology, biogenic, clostridium, extremophile, halophile, new haven school, osmophile, piezophile, pompeii worm, snottites, tardigrade, thermophile, venus
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3D Printing Mars Terrains Using MOLA Data
Version 2 As a teacher or Mars enthusiast, have you ever wanted to 3D print custom Mars terrains? For example, as the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover prepares to land in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, would you like to … Continue reading
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An Interview with Dr. Chris McKay
Astrobiologist with NASA Ames Research Center Dr. Christopher P. McKay holds a PhD in AstroGeophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his research interests focus on the evolution of our solar system and the origin of life. He studies … Continue reading
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Searching for Life Beyond
New Haven School, where I teach science, is a residential treatment center for girls who have experienced trauma and other challenges. During the summers, since we can’t send our students home until they have completed their treatment program, we hold … Continue reading
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Fifty Years Ago
It was a Sunday afternoon in July and I was nine years old. In my hometown of Deseret, Utah we attended our normal church meetings, going to Sunday School in the morning. Everyone was more excited and restless than usual. … Continue reading
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Tagged air and space museum, apollo 11, apollo 50th anniversary, apollo soyuz, buzz aldrin, command module, einstein fellows, lunar module, michael collins, neil armstrong, newmast, nitarp, service module, skylab, smithsonian, the eagle has landed, tranquility base, walter cronkite
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Launching the Washington Monument
Day Five of the Teacher Innovator Institute; Friday, July 19, 2019 Our day today was a bit lighter than the previous days because our evening would be busy. The big celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon … Continue reading
The Spaced-Out Classroom 