March 31, 2021
Sian Proctor of Phoenix, second from the left, is a professor of geology, sustainability and planetary science who will pilot this fall’s SpaceX mission. She joins Jared Isaacman, left, Hayley Arceneaux and Christopher Sembroski. (Photo courtesy of Inspiration4/John Kraus)
PHOENIX – A Phoenix educator, entrepreneur, adventurer and science communicator has been selected for the crew of Inspiration4, SpaceX’s first all-civilian mission to space.
Sian Proctor, who’s a geology, sustainability and planetary science professor at South Mountain Community College, was one of the two final crew members SpaceX announced Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX Dragon will launch in the fall.
Phoenix explorer, entrepreneur will be on first civilian crew to go into space
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OUTER SPACE As the dust of 2020 settles, we may find ourselves asking, what s next? While we never know what Jumanji has in store, one thing is sure: check Doomsday Asteroid off the list. Asteroid Apophis is going to be a cinch.
On Friday, an asteroid known by its threatening nickname Apophis will harmlessly fly within about 10 million miles of Earth. The near-Earth object, or NEO, will continue on its path around the sun, on a path which space.com said has been unnoticed by humans for millennia.
In eight years, though, we will have cause to take notice when Apophis and Earth again meet at their crossroads at just the right time. On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass by Earth at an altitude of about 19,000 miles, NASA reported. That is 90% closer to Earth than our natural satellite, the Moon, and even closer than some of our artificial satellites, too, earthsky.org reported.
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Photo NASA.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover lands on the Red Planet Feb. 18, and the Museum of Flight is hosting two live, online panel programs to prep and cover the landing with NASA JPL Mars mission engineers. The preview discussion on Feb. 11 includes Mallory Lefland, JPL Flight Controller, who will be on duty with NASA Mission Control for the rover landing; and on landing day, Feb. 18, the program includes Bill Cahill, the program manager for the MR-80 rocket engines that will power the descent stage bringing Perseverance to the surface of Mars. Both programs are free and online.
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When Asteroid 2001 FO32 breezes past our planet, the rock will be travelling so fast through space, astronomers on Earth will likely be able to detect its motion in from t of stars in real-time. Arguably the most spectacular near-Earth asteroid event of the entire year, the space rock will zoom past our planet on March 21, according the the Center for Near-Earth Studies (CNEOS).
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