From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Jan 8 09:01:06 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 15:01:06 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3AC809F@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, January 11th, 7:30 pm, when Charles Phillips of Johnson Space Center will share with us about the how and why of "Satellite Tracking From the Gulf Coast." Phillips started out as an Orbital Analyst for the USAF before coming to JSC to work as a Flight Controller for Spacelab, the Shuttle, and the International Space Station program. Phillips also spends time doing analytical astronomy and observing satellites from Houston as a part of an international astronomy group. Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka The Lunar & Planetary Institute) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Feb 6 08:27:12 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 14:27:12 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! 7:30pm Message-ID: <6EA50749A44BB44CAA69F6B11437333101F3AD3CDD@HOUMAIL01.cass.loc> Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, February 8th, 7:30 pm, when Justin McCollum of Lamar University (aka "Professor Comet") will be on hand to take us to "The Icy Giants: Uranus & Neptune". McCollum is an Education Coordinator for Lamar University's Physics Department and is currently working on the analysis of photometry data to study comet behavior for orbital predictions. Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Fri Mar 8 14:05:39 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 20:05:39 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] NO JSCAS MEETING TONIGHT Message-ID: Just a quick reminder that there will NOT be a monthly JSCAS meeting this evening. The next meeting will be April 12 at 7:30pm. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Apr 10 10:24:14 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:24:14 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, April 12th, 7:30 pm, as Dr. Marc Fries takes us on an exploration of "Meteor Showers and Their Effects on Solar System Bodies." Fries is a planetary scientist with the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at JSC, a member of the instrument team for Mars 2020 and the Principal Investigator for the International Space Station Strata-1 experiment. This talk is sure to be insightful! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (For those requesting the Great Courses An Introduction to Astro-Physics, one has just been donated!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed May 8 13:26:44 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 18:26:44 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, May 10th, 7:30 pm, when Dr. Conrad Wells of Johnson Space Center joins us. This month, he will explain "Segmented Space Telescopes: The Chronographic Imaging of Earth-Like Planets." Wells earned his doctorate in optical engineering from the University of Arizona and served as the deputy optical test director for the cryogenic test of the James Webb Space Telescope. This presentation is sure to be enlightening! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (For those requesting the Great Courses An Introduction to Astro-Physics, one has just been donated!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Jun 11 08:23:48 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:23:48 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Come and join us this Friday, June 14th, 7:30 pm, when Rodney Rocha of the Johnson Space Center speaks on, "The Gravitas of Gravitation". Rocha, a lifelong amateur astronomer, is an aerospace engineer with JSC's Loads and Dynamics Branch within the Structural Engineering Division, currently supporting projects with the Space Launch System, Orion and Gateway. This presentation is sure to draw you in! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (For those requesting the Great Courses An Introduction to Astro-Physics, one has just been donated!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Jul 9 15:47:32 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 20:47:32 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Come and join us this Friday, July 12th, 7:30 pm, when Jimmy Newland of High School Aerospace Scholars comes to speak on "Finding the Distance to a Globular Cluster Using Short-Period Variable Stars: An Amateur's Guide." Newland, a lifelong amateur astronomer, is a physics and astronomy teacher at Bellaire High School currently working toward a doctorate in Science Education at the University of Houston. This presentation will be insightful! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "Astro Oddities", "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (For those requesting the Great Courses An Introduction to Astro-Physics, one has just been donated!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Tue Aug 6 08:37:03 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 13:37:03 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Come join us this Friday, August 9th, 7:30 pm, when Dr. Walter Kiefer of the Lunar and Planetary Institute comes to speak to us about the Moon and "Apollo 11 at 50 - The Legacy of One Small Step." Dr. Kiefer, who earned his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology, focuses on the internal structure and thermal evolution of celestial bodies such as the Moon, Mars, Venus and differentiated meteorite parent bodies. Please join us for this insightful presentation. Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", "Upcoming Star Parties", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (For those requesting the Great Courses An Introduction to Astro-Physics, one has just been donated!...along with 3 NEW Sky Atlas') -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Sep 11 08:10:12 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:10:12 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Come and join us this Friday, September 13th, 7:30 pm, when Brad Thomas, of the Fort Bend Astronomical Club, comes to speak to us about the "Microcomputers and the Portable Observatory". Thomas, who is a molecular biologist devoted to bioinformatics, is an active amateur astronomer in both visual and radio astronomy. Thomas can be spotted around the Houston area volunteering with FBAC and The George Observatory. Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (In the Sky This Month)", "Member's Minutes", "Upcoming Star Parties", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please note, the DVD Library will NOT be available this month. Please keep the DVDs you have taken out until the next meeting. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Oct 9 08:11:47 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 13:11:47 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Come and join us this Friday, October 11th, 7:30 pm, when Dr. David Kring comes to speak to us about "Earth's Oldest Rock on the Moon?" Dr. Kring, a Senior Staff Scientist at the USRA / Lunar and Planetary Institute, travels the world researching impact craters and training astronauts how to be field geologists. If celestial impacts are your thing, be sure to check out Dr. Kring's award winning guidebook on The Geology of Barringer Crater. This presentation is sure to be impactful ! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "DIY Astronomy", "Member's Minutes", "Upcoming Star Parties", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. Don't leave home without one!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Mon Nov 4 18:09:18 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 00:09:18 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday, November 8th, at 7:30 pm, as Dr. David Haviland from the JSCAS will present "A Primer of the Moon & My Ongoing Travels in Lunar Photography." Haviland is an experienced astronomer logging countless hours of observation, outreach, and leadership (as a former president of several astronomy organizations). This will be a great presentation for those looking to start astrophotography...or just wanting to become more familiar with observing our Moon. Our agenda also includes the short talks: "DIY Astronomy", "Member's Minutes", "Upcoming Star Parties", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. Don't leave home without one!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shaner at lpi.usra.edu Wed Dec 11 07:57:22 2019 From: Shaner at lpi.usra.edu (Shaner, Andrew) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:57:22 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting Join us this Friday night, December 13th, at 7:30 pm, as Dr. Aurore Hutzler from the Lunar and Planetary Institute speaks on "Exploring Space through Sample Return Missions: How, Where, and What Do We Do with the Rocks?" Dr. Hutzler, who earned her Ph.D. in cosmochemistry from the Aix-Marseille University, recently joined LPI as an Associate Scientist to support the curation activities of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at JSC. This presentation is sure to rock your socks off! Our agenda also includes the short talks: "What's Up? (in the Sky this Month)", "Member's Minutes", "Upcoming Star Parties", and STAR Time: a chance were you can "Show, Tell, Ask or Respond" to the group. (BTW...after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza.) JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, see our website at jscas.net Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again! (3 NEW Sky Atlas'...still in their packaging...are now available. Don't leave home without one!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: