Rock and rollers from space!
After the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, in an effort to raise the spirits of the astronauts, technicians, crew, etc., Dan Brandenstein, Chief of the Astronaut Office, suggested that they hold a party. Brewster Shaw then approached Hoot Gibson, who he had performed a few songs with at astronaut parties, with the idea of forming a four-piece group to play at this party.
Possible protection from the lunar surface, where it may be as hot as 212°F during the day and as cold as -238°F just before dawn.
Gusts up to 40 MPH
What a beautiful day, for early March, with a high temperature of 79 degrees F. The wind was a different story. According to theweather.net, the winds were a constant 10 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. We had a challenge, used a lot of streamers, and had a great day as usual.
Not much bigger than a Rubik’s Cube
CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. CubeSats are built to standard dimensions of 4 in x 4 in x 4 in. They typically weigh less than (3 lbs). NASA’s CubeSats are deployed from a Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer, or P-POD.
Not a cloud in the sky.
Beautiful day, blue sky with high temperature at 58 degrees F. The negative was the winds, about 10-15MPH steady all day with some 25MPH gusts. We adjusted our launches and everything went pretty well. A few high flights required streamers though.
Capturing all that glitters In galaxies with NASA’s Webb
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. It will allow scientists to look at what our universe was like about 200 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope will be able to capture images of some of the first galaxies ever formed.
Beautiful sky, great launch
Another great day flying rockets, first launch this year. It was windy and cold, 10mph steady breeze and 40 degrees F. The sky was cloudless. We had a couple of more launches that I did not get a photo of; Kevin’s PML Bullpup on a Loki G66, and my Estes Big Dawg on a C6-5.
The physical limitations of railroad tunnels, narrow roads, low bridges, and power lines make overland shipment of oversized cargo extremely problematic, if not impossible. NASA’s Super Guppy offers a practical and economical solution to these problems.
The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy (SG) is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsized cargo components. It is the replacement for the Pregnant Guppy.
Another beautiful day, especially the temperature which was around 70 degrees. It was pretty cloudy when we started and got sunnier all day. The wind was light, steady and didn’t cause us any issues. Another fun day launching rockets.
Partly cloudy and chilly day with temperatures from the high 40s into the mid-50s. The wind was variable but blowing hard the majority of the time. It didn’t cause us too many issues and we had a great time as usual.
