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Spaceflight Magazine
NASA JPL Solar System
Universe Today
SpaceRef / Nasa Watch Email:
kremerken@yahoo.com
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Dr. Ken Kremer is a research
scientist and freelance science journalist (Princeton, NJ) whose articles and
space exploration images have appeared in magazines, books and on websites,
including Astronomy Picture of the Day, ABC News, Aviation Week,
Spaceflight Now, Spaceflight, New Scientist, The Planetary Society, Universe
Today, Science News, International Year of Astronomy, 2010 Year in Space
Calendar, NASA and the covers of Aviation Week & Space Technology,
Spaceflight and the Explorers Club magazines. Ken has presented at numerous educational institutions,
civic & religious organizations, museums and astronomy clubs including
the National Air & Space Museum, Princeton University, the Explorers
Club, the Franklin Institute Science Museum and the NorthEast Astronomy
Forum. Ken aims to educate and excite kids and adults about science and space
exploration.
Ken has reported first hand
from the Kennedy Space Center and lectures on both Human and Robotic
spaceflight including the Spirit & Opportunity Mars rovers, Space
Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, Mars Phoenix, Dawn Asteroid Orbiter, Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter & LCROSS, Cassini, International Space Station,
Atlas, Delta and Ares Rockets, Orion Manned Capsule.
Please contact me by email
for further information. Upcoming Lectures Listing
below- Fall 2010 Lectures now Posted Below |
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| Dr. Ken Kremer stands in front of the space shuttle Discovery,sitting atop the crawler transporter, as it is being rolled out to Launch Pad 39 A at the Kennedy Space Center | Rittenhouse Astronomical Society meeting: Ken Kremer describes the 9 Jun 2008 Aviation Week magazine cover he created soon after the Phoenix spacecraft landed on 25 May and which shows the discovery of water ice blasted free by the retro rocket thrusters on the Phoenix lander at the martian north polar region. See the full Mars mosaic at the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website on 12 June 2008: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080612.html | |
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“SPIRIT’S
SOAR” -self portrait at the summit of Husband Hill was the cover
image for the 14 November 2005 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology
magazine and the April 2006 issue of Spaceflight
magazine. Also at
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ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY Phoenix and the Holy Cow 12 Nov 2008
Phoenix
and the Snow Queen 12 Jun 2008
Victoria
Crater on Mars
3 Oct 2006 Vista In Gusev Crater On Mars 28 Nov 2005 |
Silent Spirit … Long Winter Ahead |
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Space &
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Upcoming
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Orion Capsule & Project Constellation
Dawn Asteroid Orbiter
3D Crowd Photos
Scientific Publications
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January 2010 Gloucester County College Astronomy Club: Sewell, NJ, Jan, TBD, 7 PM. “Fixing Hubble: Eyewitness to Shuttle Atlantis Launch to save The People’s Telescope” Website: http://www.gccnj.edu/news_and_alerts/rotating_ads/ken_kremer.cfm Year in Space 2010: Weekly Desk Calendar: Dec 28 - Jan 3. Spirit Mars mosaic from Martian mountaintop, published in celebration of 6th anniversary of Spirit landing on Mars Website: http://www.yearinspace.com/the-week-in-space/148-december-28-2009-robot-revisited.html Space Shuttle STS 130 February 2010 Plantation Astronomy Club: Leesburg, FL , Feb 15, 7 PM. “Eyewitness to LRO & LCROSS: America Returns to the Moon” Website: http://www.palhoa.com/id103.html IS School: NJ, “Twin Rovers Explore Mars (in 3-D)” Space
Shuttle Launch Coverage
March 2010 Villages Astronomy Club: The Villages, FL. Mar 16, 7 PM. “Eyewitness
to LRO & LCROSS: America Returns to the Moon” Websites & Photos: http://www.vlgastroclub.org/2101.html http://www.vlgastroclub.org/31601.html
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/local/article_3179dc82-45f1-5ac7-893a-37e9d671c2be.html Joy Lutheran Church:
Ocala, FL, Mar 20,
11 AM. “6 Years of Mars Rovers and the Search for Life (in 3-D)” Littlebrook Elementary School, Astronomy Night: Princeton, NJ, Mar 25, 6 PM “Twin Mars Rovers (in 3-D)”
April 2010 Space Shuttle Launch Coverage Reporting direct from the Kennedy Space Center STS 131: Shuttle Discovery penultimate mission to the International Space Station
Delivery of Leonardo supply module May 2010 STAR Astronomy Club: Brookdale Community
College, Lincroft, NJ. May 6, 7 PM. “LRO & LCROSS:
America Returns to the Moon” Website:
http://www.starastronomy.org/events/meeting/lro-lcross-america-returns-moon Space Shuttle Launch Coverage Reporting direct from the Kennedy Space Center STS 132: Final Flight of Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station
Delivery of Russian ‘Rassvet’ Science Module
Landing
of Atlantis at KSC,
Arrival
of Last Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters at KSC
Delta
4 GPS Satellite Launch from Cape Canaveral
Tribute
to Space Shuttle Atlantis June 2010 Café Scientifique: Philadelphia, PA, June 1, 6 PM,
Belle Cena Restaurant. “6 Years of Mars Rovers and the Search for
Life (in 3-D)” Website:
http://www.sciencecafephila.org/Home.html Rittenhouse
Astronomical Society (RAS) at the Franklin Institute: Philadelphia, PA, Jun
12, Wed, 8 PM. “Eyewitness Highlights from Last Flight of Shuttle Atlantis”. NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
- On Site Reporting
Tour
of NASAs Orion Manned Capsule,
Last
2 Space Shuttle External Tanks September 2010 UACNJ Astronomy
Symposium: Hope NJ, Sep 25, Sat, 8 PM.
"The Space Shuttle, The
Space Station and Beyond”. Gloucester County
College Astronomy Club: Sewell, NJ, Sep, TBD, 7 PM.
“6 Years of
Mars Rovers and the Search for Life (in 3-D)” Website:
http://www.gccnj.edu/news_and_alerts/rotating_ads/ken_kremer.cfm October 2010 Stella Della Valley
Star Party & Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association (BMAA): Ottsville, PA, Oct 9,
Sat, 3 PM. "The Space Shuttle,
The Space Station and Beyond ”. “Mars Rover Update” Website:
http://www.bma2.org/Sdv.html Rittenhouse
Astronomical Society (RAS) at the Franklin Institute: Philadelphia, PA, Oct
13, Wed, 8 PM. ““The
Space Shuttle, The Space Station and Beyond”
November 2010
Washington Crossing
State Park: Titusville NJ November 21 Sunday 1:00 PM.
“6 Years of Mars Rovers and the Search for
Life (in 3-D)” STS 133
Space Shuttle Launch Coverage November 1, 2010 January 2011 Amateur Astronomers
Association of Princeton at Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, January
11 -
Tue, 8 PM. “The Space Shuttle,
The Space Station and Beyond ”. “Mars Rover Update”
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MAGAZINE COVERS
“Phoenix and the Snow Queen”: Cover mosaic for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. Astronomy Picture of the Day Phoenix Mars lander footpad to the left of an apparent large block of water ice, which was cleared of topsoil by descent rockets, indicates the spacecraft literally touched down on top of the primary sampling objective of the mission near the Martian North Pole on May 25, 2008 ~~~
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Recent Lectures
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December 2008 Riverside Elementary School, Family Astronomy Night: Princeton, NJ, Dec 4, 6 PM. “Phoenix and the Twin Mars Rovers (in 3-D)”. Rittenhouse
Astronomical Society (RAS) at the Franklin Institute: Philadelphia, PA, Dec 10, 8 PM.
“Daring Flight of the Phoenix Mars Lander: Icy Jackpot Hit on Mars (in 3-D)”.
Website:
http://www.rittenhouseastronomicalsociety.org November 2008 Gloucester County College, Astronomy Club: Sewell, NJ, Nov 17, 8 PM. “Daring Flight of the Phoenix: Icy Jackpot Hit on Mars (in 3-D)”. Website: http://www.gccnj.edu/ Rockland Astronomy
Club at Rockland Community College: Suffern, NY, Nov 21, Fri, 8 PM. “Daring
Flight of the Phoenix: Icy Jackpot Hit on Mars (in 3-D)”. Website:
http://www.sunyrockland.edu/community/calendar-of-events/astronomy-series-lecture-2/?searchterm=kremer Rittenhouse
Astronomical Society (RAS) at the Franklin Institute: Philadelphia, PA, Wed, Nov 12, 9
PM. “Mars Rovers in 3-D”. Website:
http://www.rittenhouseastronomicalsociety.org October 2008 Plantation Astronomy Club: Leesburg, FL, Oct 20, 8 PM. “Launching DAWN to Asteroids; Landing Phoenix on Icy Martian Jackpot: Behind the Scenes at Kennedy Space Center (in 3-D)”. Website: http://www.palhoa.com/id103.html
David Sarnoff
Library; Martians for Education Festival: Princeton, NJ, Oct 22, 8 PM.
“Looking for Life on Mars: Phoenix and the Twin Rovers (in 3-D)”.
Website:
http://www.davidsarnoff.org/m4e_festival_2008.html
http://www.davidsarnoff.org/kremer-looking-for-life-on-mars.html
Stella Della Valley Star Party & Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association (BMAA): Ottsville, PA, Oct 25, 3 PM. “Launching DAWN to Asteroids; Landing Phoenix on Icy Martian Jackpot: Behind the Scenes at Kennedy Space Center (in 3-D)”. Website:
http://www.bma2.org/Sdv.html
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