Geminid Meteor Shower
"Heads Up, Earthlings! The Geminids Are Here"
A shameless reposting of NASA's article put out today:
"With August's Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year," said Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "The thin, waning crescent Moon won't spoil the show."
The shower will peak overnight Dec. 13-14 with rates around one per
minute under good conditions, according to Cooke. Geminids can be seen
on nights before and after the Dec. 14 peak, although they will appear
less frequently.
"Geminid activity is broad," said Cooke. "Good rates will be seen
between 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and dawn local time the morning of Dec. 14,
with the most meteors visible from midnight to 4 a.m. on Dec. 14, when
the radiant is highest in the sky."
See full article here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2017/heads-up-earthlings-the-geminids-are-here.html
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Twelve Years and Counting Aboard the Station
Twelve Years and Counting Aboard the Station
Twelve years ago, Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev made history by becoming the first crew to live and work on the International Space Station. On Nov. 2, 2000, Expedition 1 docked with the station. From the moment the hatch of their Soyuz spacecraft opened and they entered the fledgling space station, there have been people living and working in orbit, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
In this photo, Expedition 1 crew members (from left to right) Commander Bill Shepherd, and Flight Engineers Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev pose with a model of their home away from home.
Image Credit: NASA
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