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Shannon September 16, 2016 Leave a Comment

Trinity University Distinguished Lecture: Captain Scott Kelly

On Thursday, September 15, 2016, retired NASA astronaut Captain Scott Kelly visited Trinity University‘s Laurie Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, to deliver the 2016 Fall Distinguished Lecture, “The Sky is Not the Limit – Lessons from a Year in Space.” [Read more…]

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Shannon August 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) at SwRI

This article was written by Shannon Blackburn for SpaceFlight Insider and is reprinted here with permission.


On Thursday, August 11, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas, opened its doors to media, sharing progress on its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS). The independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organization has a long history of involvement in our nation’s space program, including building two of the instruments on NASA’s Juno spacecraft now in orbit around Jupiter, but CYGNSS is the first mission in which SwRI has built the primary spacecraft as well.

CYGNSS is a constellation of eight small satellites whose goal is to improve hurricane (tropical cyclone) intensity forecasting. Citing National Hurricane Center forecast verification data, CYGNSS Principal Investigator Dr. Chris Ruf of the University of Michigan notes that while hurricane/tropical cyclone tracking improved nearly 50 percent since 1990, there has not been a corresponding improvement in the accuracy of intensity forecasts. [Read more…]

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Shannon August 14, 2015 Leave a Comment

Space & Science Coloring Pages for Kids and Adults

My daughter recently exhausted her supply of coloring books, launching me into an exploration of Pinterest‘s printable coloring pages. We found countless abstract and nature coloring pages, as well as simpler designs for younger kids. I even found some space and science-themed coloring pages NASA, Dover Publications, and others have created. Being a huge space geek, however, I wanted more. Sometimes, wanting more means having to create it yourself, and that is just what I am setting out to do. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Astronomy, Aviation, Commercial Spaceflight, Education & STEM, Human Spaceflight, Military Spaceflight, Spaceflight

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