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Of Fusion Crusts and Strewn Fields: Science Channel’s “Meteorite Men” Make an Impact

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

PHOTO CREDIT: Photograph by Caroline Palmer © Aerolite Meteorites www.aerolite.org

Join us Sunday, March 7 at 9pm EST (March 8 at 0200 UTC), for a special AFM*Radio presentation featuring Geoffrey Notkin of the Science Channel’s Meteorite Men!

In a pre-recorded interview, we speak with Geoff about all things Meteorite Men, including how the show came to be, some surprising results of the show, and his remarkable fourteen-year friendship with Meteorite Men co-host, Steve Arnold.  Geoff also discusses some of world’s more fascinating impact sites, the intricacies of meteorite hunting,  and his own passions for science, meteorites, and music.

If you aren’t able to make the original airing at 9pm EST, you can catch one of the AFM*Radio replays at midnight, 3am, 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, or 6pm (EST).  You can also listen to the podcast version, posted above.

For your pre-show enjoyment, the following list includes links for the websites, magazine, and book mentioned during the interview:

Meteorite Men website

Meteorite Men on Discovery’s Science Channel website

Meteorite Men on Twitter

Meteorite Men on Facebook

Meteorite Men on Quest tv in the UK

Geoffrey Notkin’s Aerolite website

Geoffrey Notkin’s Guide to Meteorite Identification

Geoff Notkin’s Geology.com column, Meteorwritings

Geoff Notkin’s review of Christopher Cokinos’ book, The Fallen Sky

Christopher Cokinos’ book, The Fallen Sky (available in hardcover and e-book formats)

E.P. Grondine’s book, Man and Impact in the Americas, at Amazon.com

E.P. Grondine’s book, Man and Impact in the Americas, signed and half-priced!

The Tricottet Collection’s Nininger Legacy Exhibit

H. H. Ninger’s books, available through Amazon.com

The Meteorite Magazine website

NorthEast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) website

NEAF Tweetup Attendees List (contact @CraftLass to have your name added)

Glossary of Meteorite Terms

Latest on the Leonids!

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Checking the latest data for the Leonids, that shower is expected to peak Tuesday, November 17 at 2150UT, with peak rates of 150-300 streaks per hour.  While this time does favor Asia, a third stream offers the possibility of an earlier, smaller outburst at around 0730UT on November 17 – perfect timing for a Tuesday morning show for east coast U.S. and Canada!

Wherever you are, watch your eastern-facing predawn sky on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings for the fast bright streaks of the Leonids. While you’re watching for meteors, don’t miss two of our brighter planets, Mars and Saturn, coincidentally positioned above and beneath the shower’s radiant! And if you’re on Twitter, be sure to share your observations with a “meteorwatch” or “Leonids” hashtag (#meteorwatch #Leonids)!

Leonids

Special Event: Of Pad Rats and SpaceTweeps

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

ScheersMECO

11/18 Replay: We will be replaying this program on AFM*Radio at 0200 UT 11/19 (9pm ET 11/18).  An 8pmET pre-show will include music and the latest updates on the Mars Spirit rover and NASA mission STS-129.

11/15 Update: You can find the PDF for the audio presentation here.

A Sky Full of Stars is pleased to announce an AFM*Radio Special Event, featuring a virtual tour of NASA’s Launch Pad 39A!  Join us November 15, 2009, at 2100 EST (Nov. 16, 0200 UTC) for an exciting interview and Launch Pad photo tour with Jen and Andy Scheer (@flyingjenny & @apacheman), both of whom work with *NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

Jen is a Shuttle Technician and founder of the Space Tweep Society.  Andy is a cryogenics lead technician at Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A.  Our program will feature Jen and Andy’s narrated “walk-down” of Pad 39A (where Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits its Nov.16 launch) and a fun discussion about SpaceTweeps and life and work at KSC.

We’ll also feature a live pre-show call-in from Astronomy.FM’s Development Director, Louis Suarato (@LouisS), who will be on location at KSC as one of a select few individuals attending NASA’s two-day Launch Tweetup.  The pre-show starts at 2000 EST (0100 UTC) and will include music, Space and astronomy news, and #STS-129 mission coverage.

Watch for presentation links here, at Astronomy.FM, and on Twitter at @askyfullofstars, @keownrwk, @TaviGreiner, and @AstronomyFM.

* Jen and Andy will be participating in this event as individuals and not as representatives of NASA *