by Yasmin Catricheo | Nov 6, 2021 | Adventures, Ambassadors
Sian Proctor, the first African American woman to pilot a spacecraft: ‘The reality is that solving for space solves for Earth’ @DrSianProctor made history in September as a member of the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission More here:...
by Yasmin Catricheo | Sep 9, 2021 | Adventures, Ambassadors
HAWTHORNE, CA, September 3, 2021 – Teams from SpaceX and Inspiration4 met yesterday at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California to evaluate the readiness of the Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon spacecraft, ground systems, recovery assets, crew training, and other key...
by Yasmin Catricheo | Mar 30, 2021 | Adventures, Ambassadors
Meet First All-Civilian Space Crew, Who Are ‘Pushing Boundaries’ on Inspiration4-SpaceX Mission. Christopher Sembroski and Dr. Sian Proctor will join Hayley Arceneaux and Jared Isaacman on the Inspiration4 mission. The crew headed to outer space as part of...
by Yasmin Catricheo | Mar 21, 2021 | Adventures
Friday, March 19 At this time of year, stepping outside after dark and looking high overhead in the northwest will net you the bright star Capella in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. Capella is a yellow-white star (actually a binary, but its components are...
by Yasmin Catricheo | Jul 15, 2020 | Adventures, Ambassadors
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents, and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky—and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in northern Chile’s...
by Yasmin Catricheo | Dec 10, 2019 | Adventures, Ambassadors
Our 2019 Ambassador, Carla Johns has written this interesting article published in the magazine “Reflector” by the Astronomical League (page 18). I invite you all to marvel at Carla’s adventure during her trip through the observatories in northern...
