The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 5 May 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA is working diligently on the next rover to be sent to Mars in 2020. The descent stage is being assembled at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 4 April 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA Space Launch System (SLS) engines were given a stringent firing in February. Four RS-25 engines blasted at 113 percent maximum thrust. The SLS has its first flight…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 3 March 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 6. This is the largest rocket launched since the days of the Moon missions. The SpaceX…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 2 February 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Using the Very Long Baseline Array of radio telescopes, astronomers have gotten detailed structure of the far side of the Milky Way Galaxy. The region is over 65,000…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 1 January 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA needing to adjust Voyager-1’s attitude to better communicate with Earth, resort to creative engineering solutions to further ensure its mission duration. Researchers at CERN have discovered methods…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 12 December 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The politics of space flight. Congress issues warnings to NASA concerning it recent delay of the Space Launch System. A long-lasting supernova, iPTF14hls, discovered in 2014, is puzzling…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 11 November 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: LIGO and its Italian counterpart VIRGO pick up some HUGE gravitational wave readings. Where did they come from and what did we learn from the detection? Interesting discoveries…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 10 October 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: A close call with an upcoming asteroid. The dramatic demise of the Cassini Space Probe. Names the IAU are proposing for some of the detailed features found in…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 25 Number 9 September 2017 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: A reminder of the upcoming plunge the Cassini probe will make into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th. A close flyby of an asteroid coming in October. The 40th…