Hi all, I represented Moon Society Nashville Outpost at the ICCC’25 (Imperial Commissary Collector’s Convention) predominantly Star Wars collector’s convention on Sunday 5/18 from 10:00 to 4:00 at Murfreesboro’s Embassy Suites Hotel. I presented my “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” spacecraft exhibit including a Saturn V, LEM, STS, ISS, and SpaceX’s Dragon, Falcon, Starships and … Read more
Hi all, I represented the Moon Society Nashville Outpost at Astronomy Day at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville AL with the Von Braun Astronomical Society on Saturday 5/10 from 10-4:00. I presented a 5 table “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” exhibit under the real Saturn V in the Davidson Center. See pics … Read more
Our monthly online meetings for our Virtual Chapter are now restarting. Please take a look at our Slack Channel Mare Cognitum for the latest information, including Zoom links. Also visit our main page about this here. Mare Cognitum Virtual Chapter Those who wish to participate should visit the Slack Channel to make themselves and their … Read more
I presented the “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” spacecraft exhibit at Stoner Creek Elementary’s STEAM night 4/24/25 in Mt. Juliet. We had 2 hours of fun presenting astronomy and space exploration exhibits to ~600 students and parents and speaking directly to ~120. See pics below. I explained models of Apollo, STS, ISS, Artemis, and SpaceX, … Read more
Hi all, I represented Moon Society Nashville Outpost by presenting my “Apollo to Artemis” exhibit at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory’s Telescope Night on Friday 4/18 from 8:30-10:30pm using spacecraft models of the Apollo Saturn V, LM, STS Space Shuttle, Soyuz and Artemis’s SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway, and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing Systems. Commercial space … Read more
Hello all, I exhibited at the Nashville Outdoor Recreational Expo in Bells Bend Park Saturday 4/12 from 9-3:00. I spoke directly with ~100 of their ~600 guests. I used an 8” Dobsonian telescope to show guests the sun and many sunspots. Theo Wellington used an H-alpha solar scope to show prominences and flares. Unfortunately … Read more
Hello, I presented my “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” exhibit at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory’s Telescope Night on Friday 11/8 from 8:30-10:30. I talked with many of their 140 guests using spacecraft models of the Apollo Saturn V, LM, STS Space Shuttle, International Space Station with docked Dragon, Soyuz & Progress and Artemis’s SLS, Orion, Lunar … Read more
A big thank you to all who participated in the conference, and most of all to the presenters who provided a broad overview of current ideas and efforts towards developing the Moon, as well as key insights of well presented deep knowledge within the topic. As most of you probably are aware, the recordings from … Read more
On Saturday 10/12/24, I presented a space science exhibit at the STEAM-a-palooza festival at the Murfreesboro TN Discovery Center from 12:00-4:00. I showed ~120 children and adults sunspots on the sun and talked about the 11 year solar cycle and magnetic loops and CMEs and resulting auroras we saw in the last few days. I … Read more
Hello all, I represented the Moon Society as the Nashville Outpost at the ICCC’24 (Imperial Commissary Collector’s Convention) predominantly Star Wars collector’s convention on Sunday 10/6 from 10:00 to 5:00 at Nashville’s Music City Sheraton Hotel. I presented my “Apollo to Artemis and Beyond” spacecraft exhibit including a Saturn V, LEM, STS, ISS, and … Read more