Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Slide 24Slide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Slide 30Slide 31Slide 32Slide 33Slide 34Slide 35Slide 36Slide 37Slide 38Slide 39Slide 40Slide 41Slide 42Slide 43Slide 44Slide 45Slide 46Slide 47Slide 48Slide 49Slide 50Slide 51Slide 52Slide 53Typically the end of the discussion, but…….In Newton’s time, there were 6 planets“Modern” AstronomyModernAstronomy.pptJames Bradley (1725) – observes stellar parallax. The end of the geocentric universe.William Herschel (1781) – discovers UranusMessier (1781) - discovers galaxies, nebula and star clusters while looking for comets. He compiles a catalogue of these objects (Messier objects). Christian Doppler (1842) – Discovers the “Dopple Effect”Johann Galle (1846) – Discovers NeptuneSir William Huggins (1860) – Initiates spectral analysis of startsShiaparelli (1877) – Catalogs canals on MarsThe Wright Brothers (1903) – First Powered FlightRobert Goddard (1926) – Foundations of rocketryClyde Tombaugh (1930) – Discovery of PlutoThe Age of SightThe Age of Touch1957 – Sputnik placed in orbit by the USSR1961 – Yuri Gargarin (USSR) first human in spaceThe Earth from Apollo 101969 – Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the MoonThe Solar SystemSchiaparelli's map of Mars (1888)Lowell’s map of MarsEarth based HubbleThe Age of TouchMars Photo ComparisonHubble VoyagerThe Age of TouchMarsThe Age of TouchMarsThe Age of Touch1976 – Viking Probes land on MarsThe Age of TouchEarth viewed from MarsYou are here: Earth as seen from Mars Target Name: MarsSpacecraft: SpiritInstrument: Panoramic Camera; Navigation CameraProduced by: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&MCopyright: Copyright FreeDate Released: 11 March 2004The Age of TouchJupiterEarth basedVoyagerThe Age of Touch1980’s – Voyager ProbesThe Age of Touch1990 – Hubble Space TelescopeIs this a Lunar or a Solar Eclipse?The Age of Touch2005 – The Cassini Huygens MissionLanguageThe Age of TouchAre we alone in the solar system?The Age of Touch1997 – The Mars MeteorCosmic AncestryHypothesisStarsStarsBirthThe Age of Touch1990 – Hubble Space TelescopeStarsLifeStarsDeathThe Age of Touch1990 – Hubble Space TelescopeDeep SkyAstronomers have used the Hubble space telescope to discover the faintest and most distant galaxies ever seen. A new camera fitted to the orbiting observatory in May by shuttle astronauts has captured dim red "star cities" that formed only 600-900 million years after the Big Bang. 2009Commercial EnterpriseOn June 21, 2004, … the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private-venture craft to attempt to leave the earth's atmosphere and enter space, defined as an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles).The one space tourism venture that has garnered the most interest in recent months, however, has been Virgin Galactic. Days before the first Ansari X Prize flight, Virgin announced it was partnering with Scaled Composites and Mojave Aerospace Ventures—the joint venture of Scaled and financier Paul Allen—to create a suborbital space tourism business flying vehicles based upon SpaceShipOne. Since then the company has released few details about its plans: the news section of Virgin Galactic’s web site was last updated on October 4, when SpaceShipOne made its final, prize-winning flight.However, during Saturday’s sessions of the National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Virgin Galactic executives offered a host of new details about their plans for suborbital spaceflights and beyond.The Virgin Galactic experienceEven though the first commercial flights of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo are still nearly three years away—spring 2008 under current plans—the company has paid considerable attention to the experience its customers will have. “What we’re doing is giving you a two-hour experience of going into space that will only require a few days of training,” said Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic. - 2005Virgin GalacticDecember 8, 2009—Aspiring space tourists got a first look at their future ride late Monday, when Virgin Galactic unveiled the first of its long-awaited SpaceShipTwo planes (pictured with wings folded upward, suspended from the middle of its twin-fuselage launch vehicle). Projected fare = $200,000.00ExoplanetsAnd, of course…..The Face on MarsPhotographed by NASA Viking 1 in 1976Cydonia RegionAncient aliens on Mars send signal predicting your reaction to PHY250 !!!Newer Image of the Face on MarsThe Interactive EarthGoogle
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