TIS#041 07/16/15 From the Deep Dark of the Third Zone
- Author
- Alexander G. Orphanos
- Published
- Fri 17 Jul 2015
- Episode Link
- https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/todayinspace/TIS07-16-15FromtheDeepDarkoftheThirdZone.m4a
On this week's episode, Alex talks about the crazy first week after the single was released & Sara comes on to give a live first reaction to the newest Pluto/Charon pictures from New Horizons. Alex also has a new "Lightning Round" for what's new in Space this week! Check it out at the end of the episode
Congratulations to the whole New Horizons team, NASA & to the American Space Program for such an amazing and successful mission that has only begun to amaze us!
NEW TO PODCASTING? Go to the "WHAT THE HELL IS A PODCAST?!" Page CLICK FOR MORE ON PLUTO FROM TODAY IN SpacE PICTURES FROM THE THIRD ZONEPluto & Charon in a Portrait just before New Horizons' final approach. July 11, "showing high-resolution black-and-white LORRI images colorized with Ralph data collected from the last rotation of Pluto." Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
PLUTO "taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface" Image Credit: NASA/APL/SwRI
CHARON "taken at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT (10:30 UTC) on July 14, 2015, about 1.5 hours before closest approach to Pluto, from a range of 49,000 miles (79,000 kilometers)." Image Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI
PLUTO - Up close & Personal "The close-up image was taken about 1.5 hours before New Horizons closest approach to Pluto, when the craft was 47,800 miles (77,000 kilometers) from the surface of the planet." Image Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI
SPACE LINKS:- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
- https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
- https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/13/new-crew-at-launch-site-cubesat-deployments-begin/
- http://qz.com/420267/how-a-bunch-of-government-space-geeks-at-nasa-won-the-internet/
- New Horizons Arrives at Pluto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfU2uxoFUw
