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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument celebrated its listing in the National Register of Historic Places on Saturday. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the designation recognizes Sunset Crater’s vital role in the Apollo missions to the moon.
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Grand Canyon National Park’s most recent astronomer in residence wrapped up her term with a few last projects, including a sunset mapping event at Hopi Point.
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This Saturday is Earth Day, a celebration begun in the United States in 1970 at the cusp of the modern environmental movement and now recognized by millions around the world. But very few people have the chance to actually see the Earth in its entirety. One of those people is retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with her earlier this year about the perspective of Earth that’s only possible from space.
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A total solar eclipse will cross through United States one year from Saturday. Astronomers say it’s a rare, unearthly experience expected to attract hundreds of thousands of travelers from around the world… and people who want to see it should start making plans now. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Kevin Schindler of Lowell Observatory about what to expect.
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Astronomers these days don’t count or name the stars—they code them, using sophisticated programming techniques to sort through enormous amounts of data. Students at Northern Arizona University got a chance to try those techniques for themselves at an intensive, week-long boot camp, where they could make real discoveries about the night sky—and about their own dreams for the future.
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Today is the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 17’s launch to the moon. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, it was the last lunar mission and carried an astronaut with close ties to Flagstaff.
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A total lunar eclipse will be visible very early tomorrow morning. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, skywatchers in Arizona have prime viewing of the event from start to end.
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NASA announced yesterday that a spacecraft which slammed into an asteroid in September successfully shifted its orbit. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, Flagstaff astronomers are among those involved in the first-ever planetary defense test.
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Scientists celebrated the destruction of NASA’s DART spacecraft yesterday when it crashed—deliberately—into the surface of an asteroid. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny was on hand at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory to capture the excitement of Earth’s first-ever planetary defense test.
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NASA will attempt to strike an asteroid with a heavy spacecraft today. It’s an unprecedented test to see if it’s possible to deflect dangerous asteroids away from Earth. Astronomers on the ground in Flagstaff are standing by to help determine if the experiment is a success. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with two of them, Cristina Thomas of Northern Arizona University and Nick Moskovitz of Lowell Observatory.