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Tag Archives: airborne astronomy ambassadors
At the AAS Conference, Day 2: Astrophysics
I had fallen asleep while flipping through the channels on my hotel TV the night before, then when I finally woke up enough to take my contacts out and really go to bed, I couldn’t get back to sleep. I … Continue reading
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Tagged airborne astronomy ambassadors, astronomy posters, astrophysics, exoplanet atmospheres, gravity waves, habitable zone, hz, kepler mission, ligo, nasa decadal survey, NASA epo, nitarp, quantum computer, SOFIA, tess, transiting exoplanet survey satellite, zerodur
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Flying on SOFIA Part 1: Briefing, Take-Off, and Eastward Leg
As stated in previous posts, I was chosen along with Carolyn Bushman of Wendover Jr/Sr. High School to fly on SOFIA as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors. On the evening of June 25-26, 2013 our dreams and preparation finally paid off as … Continue reading
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Tagged 747sp, airborne astronomy ambassadors, alpha bootes, arcturus, calibration, cepheus a, daof, dryden aircraft operations facility, flight path, FORCAST, grism, infrared astronomy, ngc 7129, palmdale california, SOFIA, stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy, tania australis
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The Spaced-Out Classroom 