Article: #CountdownToMars Social - NASA.gov
NASA has been hosting in-person get-togethers for a decade now. During these times, however, they are doing them online, and it's easy to participate.
Just go to their Facebook page: #CountdownToMars Virtual NASA Social Answer a few questions, and get approved. You will then be able to participate. This is a great opportunity to be part of the historic launch later this month, when the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will launch on its mission to the red planet.
1.) At the top left, click on location and set where you are.
2.) Below that, set the time you are looking for.
3.) Below that, in the search box, key "Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)" and ENTER.
Neowise is following the sun in the sky. So, right now, it is rising about an hour and a half before the sun. Later in the month, that will switch, and it will be following the sun into setting.
Click on the link above to register for the event!
In two weeks, SETI Institute will offer a live event discussing the OTHER upcoming space telescope. In this case, it will be the newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – or Roman Space Telescope. It was formerly known as WFIRST. It is set to launch in the mid-2020's.
Click on the link above to register for the event!
Coming up at 12 midnight Eastern Time and 11 p.m. Central Time, Fraser Cain of Universe Today and his team of astronomers will be having a new Virtual Star Party!
This is their eighth one of the year, and the last one before the team goes on hiatus for the summer.
So, tune in! Always great observations and great talk about astrophotography!
Taking on classic science fiction novels has always been a challenge! But, Apple TV+ streaming service is about to do just that. And, not with just any science fiction novel, but Issac Asimov's epic eight-novel series, "Foundation."
The series will premiere next year, and the first trailer is out!
