Join us for an informative talk on dealing with the growing menace of Earth-circling space junk. We are delighted to have our local CCC resident Dr. Hanspeter Schaub as our presenter. As an internationally recognized expert on space, Dr. Schaub heads the Department of...
Apollo 17 ready to launch in 1972. Credit: NASA Blasts from the Past! Dedicated Sky Watcher Dewey Anderson spent time living in Florida in the 1970s and 1980s where he had opportunities to see a number of historic rocket and Space Shuttle launches from the NASA...
Yet another great talk is on tap for our next gathering. Joining Sky Watchers is Dr. Andrew Aldrin, CEO and President of the Aldrin Family Foundation. Andy will discuss The Wave of Space Commercialization that is transforming the use of space today and in the future....
Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid, a world-class expert that leads our local Colorado School of Mines program, delves into the deep space use of minerals that offer great potential for turning space into a treasure-trove of exploration and exploitation and perhaps great wealth...
Learn about The World’s Greatest Modern-Day Explorers and How You Can Lend a Hand Wherever You Go – a presentation by Jeff Blumenfeld based upon his books – Get Sponsored: A Funding Guide for Explorers, Adventurers and Would-Be World Travelers and Travel With Purpose:...
What happened…what happens next? 2024 was a grand year for space exploration and cosmological inquiry…but stand by for 2025! Sky Watcher and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, John Williams will present 2024's most notable or interesting astronomy discoveries. John...
What Can We Create on Mars? Humans will soon be able to voyage to the Red Planet. That possibility opens up a truly grand question: What can we create on Mars? In this talk, Robert will discuss the possible forms that future human civilization of Mars may take,...
We are once again honored and delighted to feature a talk by Dr. Alan Stern, an aerospace executive and planetary scientist with experience on 30 space mission teams. But Stern also has one mission under his belt that he’ll detail in person at our July 20th Sky...
Mike Carroll shares an exciting talk with Coal Creek Canyon SkyWatchers June 1, 2024 on the specifics about the on-going NASA Artemis Moon exploration program, including a look at water at the lunar south pole. Is that resource there in any useful form? He also gave...
Because of the uncertainty of the April 27, 2024 snowfall, we will reschedule the Coal Creek Canyon SkyWatcher's in-person space talk with Dr. Robert Zubrin and his new Mars book! However, join us on Zoom at 7pm. We want to see your eclipse pictures! Whether you...
Dr.Bagenal is a research scientist and professor emerita at the University of Colorado, Boulder and is co-investigator and team leader of the plasma investigations on NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Juno mission to Jupiter. Born and raised in the...
At the January 27, 2024 meeting of the Coal Creek Canyon SkyWatchers, astronomy enthusiast, John Williams will recap some of the most amazing astronomical findings of 2023 with some pretty pictures from Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes thrown in for good measure. He...
