Dennis Wingo: The DSN pass last week on 18 June that went from 1:45 to 2:45 Pacific Daylight time was not a success. Here is a recap of the pass activity. The…
Month: June 2014
Students Study Earth From NASA's DC-8
College Students Study Earth From NASA’s DC-8 Flying Lab “Thirty-two undergraduate students from a like number of colleges and universities are participating in an eight-week NASA Airborne Science Program field experience designed…
ISEE-3 Current Location 21 June 2014
#ISEE3 now at 0.96 AU from the Sun, 8.68 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/vx6mu0Jj2g — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) June 22, 2014
NASA Young Professionals Page
NASA Young Professionals Page, NASA “Many NASA centers have established groups dedicated to young professional networking and career development activities. While some groups are more established than others, there is a shared…
Video: Original ISEE-3 Trajectory From 1978-1985
Animation by Mike Loucks/SEE: Original trajectory from 1978-1985 showing L1 orbit, cool billiard-ball action w/the Moon and then escape. It gets really interesting around 3:10.
Video: Original ISEE-3 Trajectory From 1978-1985
Animation by Mike Loucks/SEE: Original trajectory from 1978-1985 showing L1 orbit, cool billiard-ball action w/the Moon and then escape.
Our Donors (In Chronological Order)
Ani Vermeulen, Mike Guillemette, Ken Karalis, Hirose Naoyuki, Kris McCall, Luis Reyes, Daniel Carbone, Zach Shedd, Jonathan Crocker, Mark Laporte, Pierre Hugo, James Harrison, Wade Penner, Christopher P Sagovac, al, Jonty, Peter…
Forbes Cites ISEE-3 as Equity/Fundraising Example
Are You Ready For Liftoff?, Forbes “Once the ISEE-3 campaign was launched and promoted by Sky Corp and Space Ref Interactive, 2,238 supporters weighed in, raising $160, 000, $35,000 more than the…
NASA Centennial Challenges Program Challenge Concepts
NASA Centennial Challenges Program Challenge Concepts The Centennial Challenges Program is NASA’s flagship program for technology prize competitions. The Centennial Challenges Program directly engages the public, academia, and industry in open prize…
ISEE-3 Status Report 20 June 2014 (afternoon)
We had to scrub ISEE-3 spin-up burn for today. We can’t confirm receipt of commands in real time by the spacecraft. If we cannot confirm that proper commands were sent to propulsion…
ISEE-3 In The News
Watch the Deep Space Network Talk to Reclaimed Spacecraft, io9 “I am fascinated by all of this — using new technology to impersonate old technology to rebuild communications with a spacecraft that…
ISEE-3 Status Report 19 June 2014 (afternoon)
After our first attempt to do DSN ranging yesterday we discovered that we need to put ISEE-3 into coherent ranging mode and then promptly issue commands. If we wait too long the…