Mars mission lingo explained amid NASA jargon
Pasadena AP outlines NASA Mars mission slang from MSL to EDL and sol time. Terms like Mastcam SAM ChemCam and DSN are defined while noting seven minutes of terror and the need to balance precision with public accessibility. Spaceflight culture and acronyms shown through Curiosity’s life.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Space Agency
Michael Watkins
Spirit
Opportunity
MER
MSL
Curiosity
Kansas
Mars
ChemCam
DSN
Deep Space
Houston
Earth
Ken Farley
California Institute of Technology
Mars Science Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Michael Meyer
John Grotzinger
Don Hassler
Michael Malin
Peterson Field Guide art set for Guernsey's NYC sale
Roger Tory Peterson’s illustrated Field Guide works and related studies go to auction at Guernsey's in New York on Sept 8. The sale includes original paintings drawings and photographs from his bird identification system plus more than 30 Audubon prints. He died in 1996 at 87 and founded the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown.
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New York
Roger Tory Peterson
Peterson
Guernsey
John James Audubon
Art Students League
Rubenstein Public Relations
Britain
Europe
Herbs offer color in drought prone xeriscapes
The article notes herbs as a colorful xeriscape option for dry, water scarce settings. Debbie Boutelier of The Herb Society of America says natives adapt better and mulch or compost conserve moisture. Dennis Patton from Kansas State University Extension adds soaker hoses and drip irrigation to place water at plant bases. Xeriscaping suits arid regions from the Southwest to Canadian highlands and even Hawaii as a lower maintenance garden approach.
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Dean Fosbick
Associated Press
Debbie Boutelier
Herb Society of America
Boutelier
Dennis Patton
Kansas State University
Canadian Highlands
Hawaii
Patton
Shakespeare's Richard III toured prisons and senior centers
The Public Theater staged Richard III in a stripped down, mobile production for about 75 inmates at Taconic Correctional Facility and around 60 seniors at Theodora G. Jackson Adult Center in Queens. Performers use minimal props and sit with the audience, delivering a blunt, energetic revival of the Bard's tale of power and murder. The tour, led by Ron Cephas Jones, travels from New York City venues to Rikers Island and homeless facilities, continuing Aug. 6–25 at The Public Theater.
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Bedford Hills
N.Y
William Shakespeare
Taconic
Lorraine Bennett
Jessica Lazare
Public Theater
New York City
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Rikers Island Prison
Queens
Manhattan
Ron Cephas Jones
Monarch
Suzanne Bertish
Royal Shakespeare Company
Margaret
Mobile Shakespeare Unit
Joseph Papp
New York Shakespeare Festival
The
Shakespeare
Oskar Eustis
Eustis
Amanda Dehnert
Alex Hernandez
Richmond
Prince Edward
Lord Rivers
Taconic Prison
Richard III
Barney the
Purple Dinosaur
Theodora G. Jackson
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JPL
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Bass
Nyc
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Mark Baldwin
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Lady Anne
Cecelia Castillo
Tracy Reaves
Jamaica Service
Richard Ili
Castillo
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