Archive for December, 2010

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Total lunar eclipse tonight

Dec 20th

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Western USA will see a total lunar eclipse tonight and this will be the last total eclipse until 2014. Astronomy.com reports about it “Get ready for a total eclipse of the moon” Check out Classical Astronomy on Facebook Time-lapsed video of lunar eclipse Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Mars explorer breaks longevity record

Dec 16th

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NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has been exploring the Red Planet for 3,340 days as of Wednesday evening, making it the longest-serving craft in that neighborhood of space, NASA said. Read entire article HERE. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

President’s Transmission for December

Dec 6th

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A year in review 2010 was certainly an exceptional year for our chapter.  We started in January with a field trip to the newly re-modeled Noble Planetarium in Fort Worth.  In February, our chapter helped arrange a pair of space settlement panels with the Dallas Mars Society at ConDFW, some members went to see Sally…

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December means holiday meeting

Dec 3rd

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NSSNT will not be meeting at Spring Creek BBQ in December. Members and family are invited to a private location for potluck dinner and meeting. Information will be provided on the North Texas Space Yahoogroup. Please remember to bring your space version of Toys for Tots gifts. Each year, NSSNT members donate books and toys…

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