Tag Archives: August

• Weather / Weather Blog

  August is a Blue Moon month

  Two full moons occur within the calendar month of August 2012.
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  NASA: Mars landing sky show

  Go outside after sunset on August 5th and look west for a triangle of first-magnitude lights. The vertices are Mars, Saturn, and Spica.
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  NASA: Curiosity nears daring landing on Mars

  Curiosity is scheduled to land at approximately 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6).
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  SPACE: Mars rover Curiosity closing in on landing site

  Smaller site poses both the potential for faster research, but also an increased landing hazard.