by Sandy Eulitt | May 15, 2016 | Manned Spaceflight, Space History and People, Space News, Special Events
Since my responsibilities teaching astronomy at Saddleback College prevented me from visiting Los Angeles to see Space Shuttle Endeavour make her way through the streets, I am planning to see this last remaining External Fuel Tank make a similar trip. Anyone want to...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 21, 2015 | Extrasolar Planets, Life in the Universe, San Diego Astronomy, Telescopes and Missions, The Sky Tonight
Search for ET enabled by Dr. Seth Shostak I have long admired Dr. Shostak. To get to do the kind of work he does would be, I think, just about the most fun you could ever have. I had the pleasure of meeting Seth in July, 2009 as part of the Southern California...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 29, 2013 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
The wildly successful Kepler mission, launched in 2009 and which, to date, has found nearly 3000 extrasolar planet candidates, suffered the loss of a second reaction wheel this past spring. Beginning a couple weeks ago, engineers, working very closely with Ball...
by Sandy Eulitt | Feb 22, 2012 | Extrasolar Planets, Space News
Hubble Space Telescope has possibly located the first extrasolar planet with water on it, providing new clues in the search for Earth-like planets, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with...
