Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Earth Physics Satellite"
Moonwatch Volunteers, 1965
- Date: 1965
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Blog Post
"If you feed them, they will come."
- Date: May 23, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Operation Moonwatch created an international network of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer sky-watchers of both genders and from every walk-of-life. These citizen-scientists joined professional astronomers to track and report on satellites travelling through the night sky. Food and location played a role in keeping volunteers engaged with Operation Moonwatch.
- SI History Chronology
Operation Moonwatch Begins
- Date: 1956
- SI History Bibliography
Report: Oral Histories in Meteoritics and Planetary Science: XIII: Fred L. Whipple
- Date: 2004
- Creator: Marvin, Ursula B
- Creator: Marvin, Ursula B
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1956-1975
- Date: 1956 1956-1975
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Moonwatch Division
- Blog Post
Smithsonian Scientists at Work
- Date: April 20, 2017
- Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the
- SI History Chronology
Fire at SAO Station in Hawaii
- Date: February 1, 1975
Operation Moonwatch in Philippines
- Date: 1958
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Super-Schmidt Camera Installation in New Mexico
- Date: c. 1960
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- SI History Bibliography
Biographical Memoirs: Charles Greeley Abbot
- Date: 1976
- Creator: Warner, Deborah Jean
- Creator: Warner, Deborah Jean
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 10-142, Giacconi, Riccardo, Riccardo Giacconi Papers, circa 1958-1992, 2008
- Date: 1958 1958-2008 circa 1958-1992, 2008
- Creator: Giacconi, Riccardo
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Chronology
Operation Moonwatch Ends
- Date: June 30, 1975
