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Blog Entries by Zoe P. Strassfield from 01/2012

Going Beyond Planet Earth at the American Museum of Natural History

| Posted 01.09.2012 | College
Read More: Europa, Asteroids, Nasa, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Museums, Space Probes, Mars Curiosity, Science, Solar System, Moon, Travel, Mars, Robots, American Museum of Natural History, College News

If you're in New York City before Aug. 12, I wholeheartedly recommend seeing Beyond Planet Earth.

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Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space!

| Posted 01.10.2012 | Science
Read More: Lunar Eclipse, Cassini, Hubble Space Telescope, Space Telescopes, Space Probes, Science, Mars, Spaceflight, Meteor Shower, 2012, Mars Curiosity, Nasa, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Space, Eclipse, Spacex, International Space Station, Solar System, Solar Eclipse, Robots, Science News

Here's a month-by-month listing of events I'm excited for in 2012.

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Seeing the Space Station Before Dawn

| Posted 01.15.2012 | Science
Read More: Sputnik, Space Travel, Spacecraft, Nasa, International Space Station, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Space Station, Space, Soyuz, Science, Robots, Family, Science News

It may LOOK like just a dot from my backyard, but I know it's an orbital complex the size of a jumbo jet, built by 16 countries working together, and a house in space that's been inhabited continuously for more than half my life.

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Mapping the Forest and the Trees: A Visit With Remote Sensing Expert Alan Strahler

| Posted 01.23.2012 | Science
Read More: Mapping, Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, Maps, Forest, Science, Satellite, Trees, Boston University, Nasa, College, Space, Satellite Imaging, Environment, Lidar, Laser, Science News

Prof. Alan Strahler's current work involves a ground-based LiDAR instrument called ECHIDNA, after the spiky Australian egg-laying mammal.

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Harmonize With the Singing Satellites: Attending the 2012 Zero Robotics Championship

| Posted 01.27.2012 | Science
Read More: Zero Robotics Championship, Science News

Events of January 23, 2012 Okay, today was definitely one of my busiest days since I arrived at Boston University. I found out a week ago that High S...

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Flying for Me

| Posted 01.31.2012 | Science
Read More: Gregory Jarvis, Space Shuttle Challenger, Science, Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Anniversary, 1990s, Judy Resnik, Challenger-Anniversary, History, Nasa, Space Exploration, Space, Francis Scobee, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Science News

Even though I was negative seven at the time of the accident, I salute the Challenger 7, and the opportunities they gave my generation. Because they were flying for me, too.

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