UMBC Observatory

06/11/2021

Looking for something to listen to over summer break? Look no further!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iAxVYt5wr2TKb3V9KPg6z

Listen to this episode from UMBC Observatory Podcast on Spotify. Cassini's observations of Saturn's moons, Squid on a space station, and what's up in June.

04/13/2021

looking for something to listen to while enjoying the spring weather? look no further!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SrXv0xM7Ei0D3Q4rZkCx0

Listen to this episode from UMBC Observatory Podcast on Spotify. The scientific contributions of the Galileo space probe; shooting a movie on the ISS; and what can be expected in the April sky.

04/06/2021

more space politics! what do you think of these developments?

The Russian space agency Roscosmos anticipates additional negotiations with China at a conference in June, building upon an agreement on lunar exploration.

03/31/2021

what do you think about commercial space flight?

A NASA astronaut flying to the space station in April could spend up to a year on the station, an extended stay that he said he was “enthusiastic” about.

03/02/2021

From Sunday's space walk!

Two spacewalking astronauts began preparing the International Space Station (ISS) for new solar arrays on Sunday (Feb. 28).

02/19/2021

have you heard about Perseverance? What about Ingenuity?

The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another planet for the first time.

02/09/2021

check out our podcast for this month!

Perseverance approaches Mars; cotton candy exoplanets; and Asterisms!

02/05/2021

What a beauty!

The waning gibbous moon is pictured the day after its full Moon phase as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above China near the Mongolian border.

02/04/2021

Do you know what happened 50 years ago on this day?