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CaliforniaSky

  1. #SpaceX: Live video coverage of ISS astronauts opening #Dragon hatch begins Saturday approx. 03:00 h PDT. spacex.com
  2. RT @NASA_Dawn: Vesta more like a terrestrial planet than an asteroid! Beautiful comparison pic: bit.ly/Ji2ChS
  3. Video replay of #SpaceX #Dragon approach, grab and berthing to ISS, compressed to 10 minutes. youtu.be/Lg5vd_Gs0G4
  4. Web site of the non-profit group, Friends of the Mount Wilson Observatory: bit.ly/Kxgnsu
  5. Live webcam at the Mount Wilson Observatory: obs.astro.ucla.edu/towercam.htm
  6. #SpaceX #DragonLaunch: Falcon upper stage and Dragon capsule have successfully reached Earth orbit. Solar array deployed.
  7. RT @TweetReinhard: Improvised pinhole cam from toilet paper roll & foil while on a hike. Solar eclipse image: bit.ly/K5q4kK
  8. About the logistics of getting Space Shuttle Endeavor to its retirement home in Los Angeles: bit.ly/JsqNPB
  9. Press Release announcing new "Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center" in Los Angeles. (PDF) bit.ly/JmF4ya
  10. Space Shuttle Endeavor's new home in Los Angeles to be named Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center after Foundation's gift.
  11. SpaceX launch of Falcon & Dragon to ISS planned for 05/19 07h55 PDT. Detailed launch info: bit.ly/KbRC73
  12. RT @SpaceRef: Missed the NASA SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Pre-Launch briefing earlier today? Watch here srs.gs/18GL #SpaceX #ISS #COTS
  13. Griffith Observatory to offer public viewing event for Sunday's solar eclipse: bit.ly/JNcLXD
  14. Leveling work for Carnegie's Giant Magellan Telescope now in progress at Las Campanas site in Chile. bit.ly/Kzii3V