Meet S/2004 N 1, Neptune’s Newly Discovered Moon
On July 15th, NASA announced the discovery of Neptune’s 14th moon.
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Tag: Hubble
Hubble’s 23rd Birthday Image and a Proud GeekDad
How does one go from being a Geek to becoming a GeekDad? For this GeekDad, the story is related to an image released Tuesday that was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA – Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances.
Continue ReadingMeet Pluto’s Hidden Moons
While Pluto may have been demoted to dwarf planet status, it seems that the little celestial body has plenty more secrets to share. A fifth moon was found during a July 7th infrared observation, using the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3.
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for June 21, 2010
Hello all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! We had two launches listed for last week. The Dnepr rocket with it’s dual satellite payload launched successfully as did the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for June 14, 2010
Hello all and welcome to this week’s edition of the GeekDad Space Report. There was a single launch on the schedule for last week, the launch of the STSAT-2B satellite on the Naro-1 rocket. Unfortunately, this launch was not successful …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for June 7, 2010
Welcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of June 7, 2010! We had a busy week of launches last week and all of them, with the exception of the Cartosat-2B successfully made it to orbit. The Cartosat-2B launch …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for June 1, 2010
Welcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of May 31st, 2010 (publishing the day after Memorial Day). If you are in the United States, I hope you enjoyed Memorial Day and if you aren’t in the United States, …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for May 24, 2010
Welcome to the GeekDad Space Report for the week of May 24, 2010! We had a busy launch schedule last week with four launches on the schedule but only two of those made it off the pad. The launch of …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for May 17, 2010
Hello everyone and welcome to another addition of the GeekDad Space Report! Last week the big news was the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis rocketed off the pad on schedule and successfully docked with the International Space …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for May 10, 2010
Hello all and welcome to this week’s edition of the GeekDad Space Report. There were no launches scheduled for the past week to report on so let’s dig right in. Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight Facility …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for May 3, 2010
Welcome all to the latest edition of the GeekDad Space Report. Seems amazing that we have made it to May already! The year is flying by so quick! I reported on one launch scheduled for last week, the launch of …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for April 26, 2010
Hello all and welcome to this week’s GeekDad Space Report! Hot off the presses last week was the delay in the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery by a day. The Shuttle did indeed land the next day at the …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for April 19, 2010
Hello and welcome to this week’s GeekDad Space Report. The picture to go with this week’s post is an incredible image captured by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull whose cloud of ash has caused travel …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for April 12, 2010
Welcome to another week of the GeekDad Space Report! I reported on three launches last week, one of which, the Space Shuttle Discovery, had already launched by the time the Space Report for last week was posted. The launch of …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for April 5, 2010
Welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! Both launches I reported on last week have made it off the pad with a destination of the International Space Station (ISS). A Soyuz spacecraft launched earlier this week to bring …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for March 29, 2010
Welcome to another week for the GeekDad Space Report. I have been reporting for a few weeks now on the launch of a student CubeSat payload aboard a sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast. I …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for March 22, 2010
Welcome to another addition of the GeekDad Space Report! The one launch scheduled for this past week successfully lofted a new EchoStar satellite into orbit. I also want to report on the launch of of a Chinese satellite from the …
Continue ReadingIMAX’s Hubble Reminds Us What “Awesome” Means
We use the word “awesome” a lot. IMAX’s new movie Hubble is a near-perfect reminder of that word’s true roots and what it should really stand for. Opening this Friday, March 19 at IMAX theaters in both 3-D and 2-D …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for March 15, 2010
Welcome to another GeekDad Space Report! I hope everyone had a good Pi Day! The sounding rocket scheduled for this past week didn’t launch and is now scheduled for the 26th of this month. I will have an update on …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for March 8, 2010
Welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! The two launches last week of a Glonass navigation satellite and the next GOES weather satellite both made it off the ground, with a couple day delay on the GOES satellite. …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for March 1, 2010
Welcome to the March 1st, 2010 edition of the GeekDad Space Report! No launches last week to report on but a couple of launches for the coming week are discussed below. Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for February 22, 2010
A quiet week ahead again in the realm of space exploration. With no launches planned and no launches last week to report on, lets delve into other space news. Interesting Hubble Observations In many ways, all of the Hubble observations …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for February 15, 2010
Welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report! We have a quiet week coming up with no launches scheduled. The three launches scheduled last week all made it off the pad with a 1 day delay for the SDO …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for February 8, 2010
Hello all from the Hoth-like D.C. Metro area! We are all digging out here but space exploration marches on! The launch of a Progress supply ship went off on time this past week and rendezvoused with the ISS on Thursday. …
Continue ReadingNot Just An Ice Block: The Changing Face Of Pluto
Pluto has been revealed to be more dynamic than previously thought. New images, taken with Hubble’s revived Advanced Camera for Survey’s High Resolution Camera, reveal changing surface features where the changes are likely caused by ice sublimiating at the poles …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for February 1, 2010
Hello all and welcome to the latest edition of the GeekDad Space Report! The launch scheduled for last week of a Russian Military communications satellite was a success, lifting off on time. We have two launches scheduled for this week, …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for January 25, 2010
Greetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. We expected to be coming off another quiet week for launches, however we were surprised with a launch by the Chinese government. Here are some stats on the …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for January 18, 2010
Greetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. Coming off a quiet week for launches and going into another quiet week so lets dive into some other space news. Astronomy New images were released this week …
Continue ReadingThe GeekDad Space Report for January 11, 2010
Greetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. No launches this week and none from last week to report on, so lets dive right into news in the world of space. AAS Meeting This past week, …
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