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Space Shuttle Rolls out to Launch Pad Tonight-9/1/08
Posted Monday, September 1, at 5:04 PM

Due to some additional work on the Atlantis shuttle, it will roll out tonight at 11:01 Piggott time, from the Vehicle Assembly Building (the largest building on earth) to the launch pad, taking about 6 hours to reach the pad. Atlantis will be commanded by Scott Altman. Gregory C. Johnson will be pilot. Mission Specialists will be John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino, Megan McArthur, Andrew Feustel and Michael Good. The shuttle will launch Oct. 8 for an 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, over 400 miles above the earth.

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Kennedy Space Center Reopens, getting Shuttle ready
Posted Tuesday, August 26, at 2:22 PM

The Kennedy Space Center reopened Friday, and the shuttle Atlantis is now in the 52 story tall Vehicle Assembly Building (the largest building on earth) being mated with the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank. Saturday morning, it will be moved 4 miles to the launch pad on the crawler (one of 2 rocket moving devices built during the Apollo moon program, that, at a 1 mile-per-hour speed, gets 18 inches to the gallon!) for an Oct. ...

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Fay Closes Kennedy Space Center
Posted Tuesday, August 19, at 10:28 AM

Tropical storm Fay has closed America's space port, Kennedy Space Center, today (Tuesday, August 19), with only about 200 emergency employees staying on the site. The storm hit the coast of Southwest Florida this morning and should affect the space center this afternoon. ...

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America's Space Program Celebrates 50 Years
Posted Wednesday, July 30, at 11:07 AM

Yesterday, July 29, 2008, NASA celebrated its 50th Birthday. For a history of America's Space Program, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA.

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Photo-Moon and Jupiter on 7/17/08
Posted Saturday, July 19, at 12:11 AM

The Moon and Jupiter in conjunction, about 7 degrees apart. Jupiter is actually almost 2000 times as far away as the Moon, with 4 of its 60+ moons almost as big or larger than our Moon. If you get KAIT-TV's 10 O'clock news Sunday night (July 20), "Offbeat With Bob" will feature the meteorites I have at the Matilda Pfeiffer museum in Piggott, and the NASA Solar System program...

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America in Space-July 2008
Posted Sunday, July 13, at 8:09 PM

Beginning this blog, I will also post the monthly column, America in Space, that I send to about 70 newspapers and appears in the Piggott Times print edition. Feel free to comment or ask any questions. I also answer questions on space travel and astronomy, as well as on music (conducting) and time management on the national website, www.allexperts.com...

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Two Massive Storms Collide on Jupiter
Posted Wednesday, July 9, at 10:55 AM

On Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, now visible as a very bright "star" in the east after the Sun sets, 2 massive storms collided earlier this week. The Great Red Spot, over twice the size of the Earth, has been observed over 300 years on Jupiter. ...

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Spectacular Planetary Conjunction
Posted Monday, July 7, at 11:14 AM

If you look in the West, about 9PM, for the next several nights, you can see a spectacular conjunction of 2 planets. Saturn (the upper white "star"), and Mars (the reddish lower "star" will get closer together until, the night of the 10th, will be the closest they will be for another 14 years. ...

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A Piece of the Moon and Mars come to Piggott
Posted Tuesday, July 1, at 4:50 PM

Hi, everyone, and welcome to a new blog at the Piggott Times website. I am Kenneth Renshaw, a NASA Solar System Ambassador/Saturn Observation Campaign member from Piggott. I have been asked to start a blog about astronomy and our nation's (and the world's) space program by our fine editor, Tim Blair. Anytime you have a question about space, let me know here, and I will try my best to give or refer you to an answer. I will try to update this blog each week or so with the latest news...

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A new frontier
Posted Tuesday, July 1, at 10:48 AM

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Kenneth Renshaw NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador/Saturn Observation Campaign Kenneth is one of 494 volunteer educators and astronomers who donate their time to educate America's youth, and the general public, about astronomy and the U.S. space program. Organized in 1999 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab,it focuses on spacecraft built by the JPL such as Voyager, Mars Rover, Galileo, Cassini as well as the Hubble Space Telescope. Renshaw is one of four ambassadors in Arkansas, and makes presentations to all age and experience groups from pre-school to university science level. His official NASA website it www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Kenneth_Renshaw.htm His email address is renshaw@newwavecomm.net

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