Posts Tagged ‘astronomy.fm’

Video Podcast: Of Padrats & Spacetweeps

Monday, November 30th, 2009

On November 15, 2009, A Sky Full of Stars hosted a special AFM*Radio event, featuring a virtual tour of NASA’s LaunchPad 39A with Jen and Andy Scheer, both of whom work with NASA’s Space Shuttle program.  For those who missed the original presentation, we now have the Video Podcast available!

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You can view a streaming version of the program on LiveStream – this will allow you to quickly navigate to any section of the 90 minute program.

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SaveNASA Podcast Now Available!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

On November 25, 2009 Astronomy.FM hosted an “A Sky Full of Stars” program featuring @Neal Wiser of the #SaveNASA movement. Tavi Greiner, Rob Keown, and Michael Foerster joined Neal to discuss the challenges facing NASA and the need for grassroots outreach and education, while listeners contributed their comments and questions via the AFM meeting room and through twitter.

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Special Event: Of Pad Rats and SpaceTweeps

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

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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 *

Galilean Nights: Celebrating the Man

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) Cornerstone Project,  Galilean Nights,was observed throughout the world during October 22-24.  As part of this project, we at A Sky Full of Stars teamed up with Astronomy.FM‘s DeepSkyDivas on AFM*Radio to produce a perspective on Galilean Nights, including a history of Galileo, a chronicle of the Galileo Mission, and an overview of the IYA2009′s Galileoscope.

This program has been formatted as a slide show and you can view it below!

Astronomers Without Borders – Rescheduled Live Event: September 25, 2009

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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Author’s Note: The original September 22, 2009 event was scrubbed for weather at the observatory. New date is Friday, September 25 at 1900 UT.

Sometimes I just sit back and marvel at the wonderful ideas people have. Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) is one of them. Adding another dimension to the “without borders” concept, the founders of this relatively new organization have a simple vision:

Wars are fought over boundaries that have been created in the name of politics, religion, race or beliefs. But the view from space reveals the true nature of our cosmic home—a borderless planet divided only into land and sea.

The AWB group will be hosting their first live event on September 22, 2009 between 1900 and 2100 UTC (rain date specified in the linked article) . This first event hopes to start to take steps to bring together an international audience of amateur astronomers, academia and professionals to achieve something we here at ASFOS personally think is fundamental to improving our little planet: a change in perspective.

I will be recording video & audio of the event on the 22nd and making it available with the help of the crew at astronomy.fm. So if you can’t make it for the live event, you can see what it is all about on your own schedule.

Please visit their website and learn more about this great idea, which I hope continues to develop into something effective and meaningful.