Month: June 2016

  • June’s Full Moon on the Summer Solstice

    June’s Full Moon on the Summer Solstice

    A rare occurrence will be observed on June 20th, 2016. What is that occurrence? The summer solstice and the full moon happening at the same time. The last time this happened was in 1948.   Both the full moon and the summer solstice have some interesting facts regarding them.   The solstice facts first: The…

  • Smallest Movement Ever Measured in Space

    Smallest Movement Ever Measured in Space

      Smallest Movement Ever Measured in Space While studying gravity with LISA (the Laster Interferometer Space Antenna), scientists were surprised to find that they discovered something they never imagined possible. The team found they could measure movement that was smaller than the width of an atom. While the size of the movement alone is noteworthy,…

  • Lost in Space??

    Lost in Space??

    Space Ring of Love Charlie Duke’s voice was one many Americans heard with a southern drawl during the Apollo 11 moon landing. While he spent his time on the Earth for this mission, he would end up in space on the Apollo 16 moon landing. In 1972, the mission took him and module pilot to…

  • Orion-Mission to Mars

    Orion-Mission to Mars

      As NASA readies its first crew to Mars, each process is being looked over with a critical eye. There can be no mistakes made. The current status is that NASA is on schedule and budget for its next step in the journey to Mars. One of the primary goals that NASA had set up…