Tuesday will mark the last total lunar eclipse until March 2025
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Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon early Wednesday morning
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show. This super “blood” moon will be visible Wednesday across the Pacific — offering the best viewing — as well as the western half of […]
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Dark-sky designations bring the promise of starry nights — and tourist dollars — to rural Colorado
ORCHARD — The first weekend Jackson Lake State Park received its certification from the International Dark-Sky Association, ranger Amy Brandenburg saw more than the Milky Way on her night patrols. Campers gathered like the moths and midges that used to swarm around the buildings at night before the park went dark. The grounds were full […]
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2 Colorado astronauts could be headed to the moon with NASA
COLORADO SPRINGS — Two Colorado residents were placed on a list of astronauts that could soon travel to the moon, officials said. NASA Astronauts Matthew Dominick of Wheat Ridge and Jessica Watkins of Lafayette were among 18 astronauts selected to the Artemis Program on Dec. 9, The Gazette reported Sunday. NASA announced plans to have the next […]
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Coronavirus stole traditions and passages. But we can let love — and the moon — connect us.
Today, I mailed a package to my daughter. She will soon be celebrating her first birthday since moving to New York City and she’ll spend it in isolation in her apartment. I also drove across town and dropped off a present for a friend who turned 79 today. I put the gift bag on the […]
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Carman: The moon landing’s legacy: a generation with pie-in-the-sky ambitions
The summer of 1969 was a wild one. Muhammad Ali was convicted of draft dodging and in the process the court legitimized J. Edgar Hoover’s wiretapping of the African American icon’s phones for so-called “national security” reasons. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge and into a pond at Chappaquiddick, which killed Mary Jo […]
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Next U.S. moon landing will be by private companies — possibly one from Colorado — not NASA
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America’s next moon landing will be made by private companies — not NASA. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S. companies — including two from Colorado — will compete to deliver experiments to the lunar surface. The space agency will buy the service and […]