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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “22 amazing facts about space and astronomy” & Constellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “From the Earth to the Moon” (1958) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Discussion Topic of the Evening. 22 amazing facts about space and astronomy From Skyatnightmagazine.com The Moon is lemon-shaped https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/lemon-moon-3951a4a-e1588671519977.png?webp=1&w=1200 Milky Way smells of rum, raspberries and booze https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/space-rum-raspberries-smell-5840ef7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Mercury-realistic-imgae-61c867c-e1571410840102.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 You could survive for a couple of minutes in a leaky spacesuit https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/tink-029adb3-e1588252892217.png?webp=1&w=1200 1 tsp of neutron star weighs the same as the human population https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Neutron-Star-2296c2d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Gamma-ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire life https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/gamma-ray-burst-07afa49-scaled-e1587559779552.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There are stars we will never be able to see https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/02/potw1703a-8eb608f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/White-hole-446829e-scaled-e1588669809182.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Jupiter’s magnetic field is bigger than the Moon https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Jupiter-magnetic-field-8965c7f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/neptune-with-hubble-feecb17-e1571902966676.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Planets can wander through space without a parent star https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Rogue-exoplanet-3af8a4b.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Sun loses a billion kilos per second https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/03/The-Sun-copy-7215236.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Exoplanet-orbiting-two-stars-6be0e0d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Vast amounts of water have been found in space https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Enceladus_Cassini_plume_dive-f5e7a4e.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There is gravity on the International Space Station https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/06/04-Scott-Kelly-fruit-982caf2.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Our days are getting longer https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/09/Galileo_Earth_Moon-de902b7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Moon is getting farther away every year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Moon-from-ISS-e3dea76.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Heat from the Big Bang is still around today https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/Planck_CMB-07a1b86-e1597141466232.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Venus spins backwards https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/03/venus-mariner-10-02b24b5.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/02/webb-uranus-2023-a068939.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes give off light https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/04/11-hubble-discoveries-triplicate-506d8ff.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 5 billion Suns could fit in UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2024/02/uy-scuti.jpg?fit=800%2C334&webp=1&w=1200 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space Hist

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “What are Solar Storms? Do We Need to Worry?” & Constellations “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "The Quiet Hour" (2014) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. What are Solar Storms? Do We Need to Worry? Solar Flare https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/X3.2_Solar_flare_on_2013-05-14_at_four_wavelengths.jpg Coronal Mass Ejections https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Coronal_mass_ejection_on_28_October_2021_ESA25032924.gif Geomagnetic Storm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Magnetosphere_rendition.jpg Solar Particle Event https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Solar_flare_%28TRACE%29.gif Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) https://people.com/thmb/NFwO3UrM5nsC_pO5AUIiypS738s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(780x411:782x413):format(webp)/sun-northern-lights-051024-3-488eb170968e42428852997b2de6e141.jpg Power Grid and Solar Storms https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_auto,c_fit,w_1200,q_auto/wp-cms/uploads/2022/03/p-1-how-a-solar-storm-could-knock-out-the-power-grid-and-the-internet.jpg Spacecraft Operations Disruption https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a031200/a031248/space-weather-effects_print.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News CME Cosmic Flare https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2024/05/SDO-X3pt9-Flare-May-10-2024-131-171-crop.jpg?resize=1024,1024 Florida Keys https://spaceweather.com/images2024/10may24/floridakeys2_strip.jpg Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space Mars https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/08155636/SEI_203195668.jpg?width=900 Hubble Glimpses a Star-Forming Factory UGC 9684 https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hubble-ugc9684-potw2419a.jpg?w=2048&format=webp Space-Related Birthdays Michael J. Adams 05-May-1930 X-15 flight 191. He died when his plane crashed. He was awarded astronaut wings posthumously https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg/220px-Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg Douglas H. Wheelock 05-May-1960 STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Wheelock_Douglas.jpg/220px-Wheelock_Douglas.jpg David Leestma 06-May-1949 STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/DavidCornellLeestma.jpg/220px-DavidCornellLeestma.jpg Donald A. Thomas 06-May-1955 STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Donald_Thomas.jpg/220px-Donald_Thomas.jpg Tamara E. Jernigan 07-May-1959 STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tamara_E._Jernigan.jpg/220px-Tamara_E._Jernigan.jpg Charles Camarda 08-May-1952 STS-114 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Charles_J._Camarda.jpg/220px-Charles_J._Camarda.jpg Vance D. Brand 09-May-1931 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/VanceDBrand.jpg/220px-VanceDBrand.jpg Lisa Nowak 10-May-1963 STS-121 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lisa_M._Nowak.jpg/220px-Lisa_M._Nowak.jpg Ellen Ochoa 10-May-1958 STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ellen_Ochoa.jpg/220px-Ellen_Ochoa.jpg This Week in Space History Freedom 7 On May 5, 1961, the United States launched its first man into space. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mercury-Redstone_3_Launch_MSFC-6100884.jpg/170px-Mercury-Redstone_3_Launch_MSFC-

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “TBD” & “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Jupiter 2032” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. TBD Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays April 27, 1953: Ellen Shulman Baker, KB5SIX (STS-34, STS-50, STS-71) April 28, 1943: John Creighton (STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48) April 28, 1949: Jerome Apt, N5QWL (STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79) April 28, 1956: Paul Lockhart (STS-111, STS-113) April 30, 1945: Michael Smith (STS-51-L Challenger) April 30, 1957: Duane Carey (STS-109) April 30, 1976: Victor Glover, KI5BKC (SpaceX Crew-1 Exp 64/65; Artemis 2) May 1, 1925: Scott Carpenter (Mercury-Atlas 7) May 2, 1957: Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123) May 2, 1975: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (STS-131) May 3, 1949: Albert Sacco (STS-73) May 4, 1956: Michael L. Gernhardt (STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ May 6 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-57 Launch time: Four hour launch window opens at 11:34 a.m. EDT (1534 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster will be recovered on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 03 May 6/7 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 10:34 p.m. ET (0234 UTC on the 7th) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-085, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on the mission. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. Delayed from early 2021, June 2021, and late 2021. Delayed from late 2022 to implement fixes on the Starliner spacecraft after OFT-2. Delayed from April 2023, July 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 03 May 7 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-56 Launch time: Four hour launch window opens at 11:08 a.m. EDT (1508 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster will be recovered on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 03 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: April 23 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are fou

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “6 Space Missions to Look Forward to in 2024” & Constellations “Crater, the Cup” and “Corvus, the Crow” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Astronaut: The Last Push” (2012) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. “6 Space Missions to Look Forward to in 2024” Europa Clipper https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/images/EuropaClipper_Poster_08_2020_002_2_.width-1800.jpg Artemis II Launch https://plus.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/original-1.jpeg?w=976 VIPER https://i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com/images/l56420210921190450.jpeg Lunar Trailblazer and PRIME-1 Missions https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f197bf622-b79c-4132-a914-ff8b780f75a0_1250x1250-jpeg.jpg Martian Moon eXploration Mission https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/mission/img/pic01.png Hera Mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb661af793de226cf27e2a5/1618324802553-X4I3SIJ3SY50BGTEXXXO/ian+-+DARTreviewA3-15Crotated.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News VICTUS HAZE https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3PPNMfjfC4L2MqtMzBP8a-650-80.jpg.webp NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/moon-tree1.jpg?resize=1536,2048 Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024 https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uDq92pG5L7TykoHrJFXenb-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Yvonne Cagle 24-Apr-1959 No flights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Yvonne_Cagle.jpg/220px-Yvonne_Cagle.jpg Ellen S. Baker 27-Apr-1953 STS-34, STS-50, STS-71 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ellen_Louise_Shulman_Baker.jpg/220px-Ellen_Louise_Shulman_Baker.jpg This Week in Space History April 23, 1962 Ranger 4 launch https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Atlas_Agena_B_with_Ranger_4_%28Apr._23%2C_1962%29.png/100px-Atlas_Agena_B_with_Ranger_4_%28Apr._23%2C_1962%29.png April 24, 1967 – Death of Vladimir Koromov https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov_photo_portrait.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov_photo_portrait.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Check-ins or comments April 28 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-54 Launch time: 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1076 in the SpaceX fleet, will land on the droneship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ out in the Atlantic Ocean. This will be the 13th flight for this booster. Updated: April 27 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: Window opens 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT / 1830 GMT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April, June 2023, April 17 & 24, 2024. Updated: April 24 NET May 6/7 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 10:34 p.m. ET (0234 UTC on the 7th) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “New Time Zone for the Moon?” & Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Logan’s Run” (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. White House directs NASA to create a new time zone for the moon Astronauts on the Moon: “What time is it?” https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ksbUMxe3ECEDqxYYZNgwAC-650-80.jpg.webp Guess the timezone… https://e3.365dm.com/23/02/1600x900/skynews-moon-the_6072786.jpg?20230228102649 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays [Slide 9]: April 14, 1929: William Thornton (STS-8, STS-51-B) April 15, 1951: Marsha Ivins (STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98); was KC5WKF April 15, 1951: John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6/Exp. 11, STS-119); was KE5DRY April 15, 1951: Gregory Harbaugh (STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82) April 16, 1956: David Brown (STS-107); KC5ZTC SK April 16, 1959: Michael Barratt (Soyuz TMA-14/Exp 19/20; STS-133; SpaceX Crew 8 launched 3/4/2024); KD5MIJ April 20, 1955: Don Pettit (Expedition 6, STS-126, Expedition 30/31); KD5MDT Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ April 22/23 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-53 Launch time: Window runs from 6:40 - 10:40 p.m. EDT (2240-0240 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. Updated: April 19 NET April 23/24 Electron ? ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ Launch time: Window 10:00-11:00 a.m. NZST April 24 (6:00-7:00 p.m. EDT, 2200-2300 UTC on April 23) Launch site: Pad B, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a pair of satellites on behalf of both NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). KAIST’s NEONSAT-1 is the primary payload and is described as “an Earth observation satellite with a high-resolution optical camera designed to monitor for natural disasters along the Korean Peninsula by pairing its images with artificial intelligence.” Additional NEOSAT satellites will be launched n 2026 and 2027. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is the secondary payload. It’s a technology demonstration that is geared to show off materials that can be used for solar sail propulsion. NASA “plans to test the deployment of new composite booms that will unfurl the solar sail to measure approximately 30 feet per side, or about the size of a small apartment in total. Flight data obtained during the demonstration will be used for designing future larger-scale composite solar sail systems for space weather early warning satellites, asteroid and other small body reconnaissance missions, and missions to observe the polar regions of the sun.” Updated: April 19 April 24 Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: Window opens 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT / 1830 GMT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April, June 2023 an April 17, 2024. Updated: April 19 NET May 4 Eris ? TestFl

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Great Eclipse!” & Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Mandela Effect” (2019) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Open forum tonight. What were your impressions of the Great Eclipse? Where were you? How did you feel? Your first eclipse? Will you see another? Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Update on Titan https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Titan_in_true_color_by_Kevin_M._Gill.jpg/290px-Titan_in_true_color_by_Kevin_M._Gill.jpg United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched for the final time on Tuesday, bringing an end six decades of service by the Delta family of rockets. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XGboxYaB6bt97drHsQbsX9-650-80.jpg.webp Over 36,000 people helped do NASA Science during Monday’s total solar eclipse https://th.bing.com/th?id=OSK.HERO_n_Z3DR-bwLIIlYlzOuSmlynOaqaLJCxon4hBye-l0w&w=200&h=80&c=9&rs=1&o=6&pid=SANGAM Space-Related Birthdays Donald Holmquest Apr 07, 1939 No flights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Donald_L._Holmquest_portrait_%28S67-35799%29.jpg/220px-Donald_L._Holmquest_portrait_%28S67-35799%29.jpg Timothy Kopra Apr 09, 1963 STS-127/128 (Expedition 20), Soyuz TMA (Expedition 46/47 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/TimotyKorpav2.jpg/220px-TimotyKorpav2.jpg Serena Au?ón-Chancellor Apr 09, 1976 Soyuz MS-09 (Expedition 56/57) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Serena_M._Aunon%2C_NASA_astronaut_candidate_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Serena_M._Aunon%2C_NASA_astronaut_candidate_%28cropped%29.jpg Kenneth Cockrell Apr 09, 1950 STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ken_Cockrell.jpg/220px-Ken_Cockrell.jpg Piers Sellers 1955 Apr 11, 1963 STS-112, STS-121, STS-132 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Piers_sellers_v1.jpg/220px-Piers_sellers_v1.jpg Frederick Hauck Apr 11, 1941 STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hauck-fh.jpg/220px-Hauck-fh.jpg This Week in Space History April 11, 1960: 'Project Ozma' begins search for alien life https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PvrYwM6g9oMWSwQxGvSic9-970-80.jpg April 9, 1959: NASA introduced its very first astronaut class, known as the Mercury 7. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KeXqmmtgDPzvnmPkBfoJfm-650-80.jpg.webp Yuri Gagarin April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin, launched by the Soviet Union, became the first human to venture into space. His one-orbit journey around Earth marked a significant milestone in space exploration2. https://th.bing.com/th?id=OSK.dn9Wt6p2POqOMWCpZggsIQHaHa&w=200&h=200&c=7&rs=1&o=6&pid=SANGAM Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ April 17 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-51 Launch time: Window opens at 5:24 p.m. EDT (2124 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. Updated: April 11 NET April 24 Electron ? ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad B, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a pair of satellites on behalf of both NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). KAIST’s NEONSAT-1 is the primary payload and is described as “an Earth observation satellite wit

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “It’s Here!” & Constellations “Pyxis, the Compass, and Antlia, the Pump” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Split Second” (1992) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. It’s here! Eclipse 2024. Dark Observatory https://www.aavso.org/dark-ridge-observatory-dro Tom Smith (K5TCS) https://www.qrz.com/db/K5TCS Bill N5BB’s presentation Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays March 31, 2957: Patrick Forrester (STS-105, STS-117, STS-128) April 1, 1946: William Fisher (STS-51-I) April 3, 1926: Gus Grissom (Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1) April 5, 1949: Judith Resnik (STS-41-D, STS-51-L) April 5, 1950: Franklin Chang Diaz (STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellations “Pyxis, the Compass, and Antlia, the Pump” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ April 7 Falcon 9 ? Bandwagon-1 Launch time: 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida The first of SpaceX’s Bandwagon ride-share missions, targeting a low Earth orbit with an inclination of approximately 45.4 degrees. There are 11 spacecraft onboard the Falcon 9. The booster will return for a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about 7.5 minutes after liftoff. Updated: April 05 April 9 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-70 Launch time: 12:53 p.m. EDT (1653 UTC) Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the final flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March 28. Updated: April 02 April 10 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-48 Launch time: Approx. 12:00 - 4:31 a.m. EDT (0400-0831 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. Updated: April 04 NET April 24 Electron ? ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad B, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a pair of satellites on behalf of both NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). KAIST’s NEONSAT-1 is the primary payload and is described as “an Earth observation satellite with a high-resolution optical camera designed to monitor for natural disasters along the Korean Peninsula by pairing its images with artificial intelligence.” Additional NEOSAT satellites will be launched n 2026 and 2027. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is the secondary payload. It’s a technology demonstration that is geared to show off materials that can be used for solar sail propulsion. NASA “plans to test the deployment of new composite booms that will unfurl the solar sail to measure approximately 30 feet per side, or about the size of a small apartment in total. Flight data obtained during the demonstration will be used for designing future larger-scale composite solar sail systems for space weather early warning satellites, asteroid and other small body reconnaissance missions, and missions to observe the polar regions of the sun.” Updated: April 01 April Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “How do we determine the date for Easter?” & Constellations “Pyxis, the Compass, and Antlia, the Pump” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Rollerball” (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Enter Topic Here Enter NCS Name and Call Here Discussion Topic of the Evening. How do we determine the date for Easter? Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Solar Eclipse Fever https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eclipse-map-2024-notext-1920.png The earth is going to lose a second. It will change the future forever https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/b/b4/Missmin.png/revision/latest?cb=20231110172337 Space-Related Birthdays Scott J. Horowitz Mar 24, 1957 STS-75, STS-82, STS-101, STS-105 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Scott_J_Horowitz.jpg/220px-Scott_J_Horowitz.jpg Lodewijk van den Berg Mar 24, 1932 STS-51-B https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg.jpg/220px-Lodewijk_van_den_Berg.jpg Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. Mar 24, 1951 STS-48, STS-60 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kenneth_Reightler.jpg/220px-Kenneth_Reightler.jpg Jim Lovell Mar 25, 1928 (He's 96.) Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/James_Lovell.jpg/220px-James_Lovell.jpg William Oefelein Mar 29, 1965 STS-116 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/William_Oefelein.jpg/220px-William_Oefelein.jpg Michael Foreman Mar 29, 1957 STS-123, STS-129 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michael_Foreman.jpg/220px-Michael_Foreman.jpg Joseph M. Prahl Mar 30, 1943 STS-50 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joseph_Prahl.jpg/220px-Joseph_Prahl.jpg This Week in Space History March 29, 1074, Mariner 10 On this day 50 years ago (1974), Mariner 10 performed the first-ever flyby of Mercury. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/434384256_726697359659021_6668046778831996485_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=eeqRA9p0xgwAX-WlpIo&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfBbuvVvcdbj7RtM3-MDDh0H7wh5LCOsnqBj9iejmozdLg&oe=660D2B1E March 27, 1968, Yuri Gagarin dies On March 27, 1968, Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go into space, died together with pilot Vladimir Seryogin during a routine training flight, after the MiG-15 jet fighter they were flying crashed near Novosyolovo in the Soviet Union. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Mig_15_%2827698953650%29.jpg/220px-Mig_15_%2827698953650%29.jpg March 24, 1979 Columbia This week in 1979 (March 24th), Space Shuttle Columbia debuted at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, but still required two years of work before it could launch. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_lands_following_STS-62_on_18_March_1994._%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Space_Shuttle_Columbia_lands_following_STS-62_on_18_March_1994._%28cropped%29.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellations “Pyxis, the Compass, and Antlia, the Pump” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ March 31 Soyuz ? Resurs-P No. 4 Launch time: 12:36 p.m. MSK (5:36 a.m. EDT, 0936 UTC) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Roscosmos is set to launch a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Onboard is the Resurs-P No. 4, the fourth in a series of Earth observing, remote sensing satellites. Updated: March 30 NET April 1 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-70 Launch time: Approx. 1:25 p.m. EDT (17:25 UTC) Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Fo

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The NASA NISAR Mission” & “Leo, the lion and Leo minor, the small lion” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Point B” (2012) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. The NASA NISAR Mission NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Satellite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)#/media/File%3AArtist's_concept_of_NISAR_over_Earth.jpg NISAR Undergoing Tests https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)#/media/File%3ANASA-ISRO_NISAR_satellite_inside_anechoic_chamber_at_URSC%2C_ISRO.webp NISAR Solar Array https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)#/media/File%3ANASA-ISRO_NISAR_satellite_going_through_solar_array_extension_testing_at_ISRO_facility.webp NISAR DGA Antennas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)#/media/File%3ANASA-ISRO_NISAR_satellite's_DGA_antenna.webp NISAR Diagram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)#/media/File%3ANISAR_diagram.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellations “Leo, the Lion and Leo minor, the Small Lion” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ March 25 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-46 Launch time: Window opens 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the droneship ‘A Short Fall of Gravitas’ in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: March 22 March 28 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-70 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the final flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Updated: March 12 April Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April and June 2023. Updated: March 19 NET April Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023 and January 2024. Updated: December 13 NET April 30 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather condition

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Night-shining cloud mission ends” & Constellations: “Lynx, the Wild Cat and Cancer, the Crab” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Beginning of the End” (1959) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Enter Topic Here Enter NCS Name and Call Here Discussion Topic of the Evening. Night-shining cloud mission ends; yields high science results for NASA AIM Spacecraft https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1jbdV9.img?w=768&h=432&m=6https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIP.u3XdSEv_r2G2uWhjTQ2YywHaE7&w=146&h=104&c=7&o=6&pid=13.1 Mesosphere Cloud Formation https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.b1d2d422f11e0b61c8f71006605cf061?rik=4LPjR9W7LPWVgg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News NASA Artemis Mission Progresses with SpaceX Starship Test Flight https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flight-3-liftoff-20240314-001195.jpg?resize=2000,1125 Mercury slammed by gargantuan eruption from the sun's hidden far side, possibly triggering 'X-ray auroras' https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qktsSKRcL77nk57vwHJ5ES-970-80.jpg 'The Nightmare Is Over': NASA Resurrects VERITAS Mission to Venus https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1jUepj.img?w=768&h=432&m=6 Space-Related Birthdays Laurel Clark 10-Mar-1961 STS-107 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Laurel_Clark%2C_NASA_photo_portrait_in_blue_suit.jpg/220px-Laurel_Clark%2C_NASA_photo_portrait_in_blue_suit.jpg Curtis Brown 11-Mar-1956 STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Curtis_Brown.jpg/220px-Curtis_Brown.jpg Patricia Robertson 12-Mar-1963 No flights (died in a plane crash) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Patricia_Robertson.jpg/220px-Patricia_Robertson.jpg Wally Schirra 12-Mar-1923 Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Schirra_walter_3.jpg/220px-Schirra_walter_3.jpg Gene Cernan 14-Mar-1934 Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Astronaut_Eugene_A._Cernan.jpg/220px-Astronaut_Eugene_A._Cernan.jpg Frank Borman 14-Mar-1928 Gemini 7, Apollo 8 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Astronaut_Frank_Borman.jpg/220px-Astronaut_Frank_Borman.jpg Michael Fincke 14-Mar-1967 Soyuz TMA-4 (Expedition 9), Soyuz TMA-13 (Expedition 18), STS-134, Boeing Starliner-1 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Edward_Michael_Fincke.jpg/220px-Edward_Michael_Fincke.jpg William B. Lenoir 14-Mar-1939 STS-5 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/WilliamBLenoir.jpg/220px-WilliamBLenoir.jpg Alan Bean 15-Mar-1932 Apollo 12, Skylab 3 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Alan_Bean_NASA_portrait_%28S69-38859%29.jpg/220px-Alan_Bean_NASA_portrait_%28S69-38859%29.jpg Walter Cunningham 16-Mar-1932 Apollo 7 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Walter_Cunningham.jpg/220px-Walter_Cunningham.jpg Michael J. Bloomfield 16-Mar-1959 STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Michael_Bloomfield.jpg/220px-Michael_Bloomfield.jpg This Week in Space History March 13, 1969 Apollo 9 Apollo 9 splashed down 55 years ago OTD after completing one of the program's most underrated test missions https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/429673232_713471767648247_8411837017273339523_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=i4GX-hivLJYAX-1utUd&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfBrjTihW2wOR5wO1N6Zp2yvz451bO3COc3uvAXc40KV0g&oe=65F69F60 March 16, 1966 First successful space docki

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, March 16, 2024 12:00am to 9:00pm (UTC-06:00) America/Belize Where: W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL View Event Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag