Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights, Including William Shatner; Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo; Lunar Eclipse Schedule; Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite; Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs
A few news blips to kick off the weekend:
Space News: Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights: “Star Trek” star William Shatner and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin’s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo:
Image Courtesy of SOHO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Sunspot 684 in center of 24 hour animation grows quickly to five times wider than Earth. More details at SpaceWeather.com
And remember, the total lunar eclipse is this Wednesday, Oct. 27. Webcasts list here. Totality begins at 9:23 p.m. EDT and ends at 10:45 p.m. EDT: Check out the lunar eclipse viewing schedule for the U.S.…
Weather News: Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite
Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs: Despite dip, jobs market appears sound in longer perspective.
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Friday: 1. Dallas-Fort Worth 2. Vancouver 3. Oklahoma City 4. Tulsa 5. Kansas City … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.
