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posts drew ex machina drew drewexmachina com drew drewexmachina com posts all astrobiology missions astronomy astronomical instruments extrasolar planets drew s basement extrasolar planets planetary habitability remote sensing spaceflight lunar planetary missions manned spaceflight rockets propulsion unmanned spaceflight offsite publications astronomy remote sensing spaceflight about résumé complete bibliography contact posts home posts 23 aug 2026 august 23 2026 first pictures earthrise from nasa s lunar orbiter 1 august 23 1966 for old time space enthusiasts like myself it seems that no lunar mission is complete without an obligatory earthrise or earthset image the spectacle of our lunar planetary missions spaceflight 0 comments 1960s american lunar missions lunar orbiter 1 lunar orbiter program 8 aug 2026 august 8 2026 critical forecasts from space tech space leaders show with lisa dreher while my gentle readers are well aware of my decades of writing on space related topics i also have a day job as the chief scientist of remote sensing remote sensing science spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 0 comments hurricane hunter satellites meteorological satellites tropical weather analytics 1 jun 2026 june 1 2026 the massachusetts bolide witnessing a once in a generation event as a long time smoker who isn t allowed to smoke in my home i spend a fair amount of each day sitting on my front porch astronomy 1 comment meteors 30 jul 2025 july 30 2025 as government cuts weather forecasting private weather is poised to take the lead by ilya schiller for decades americans have relied on federal agencies like noaa and the national weather service nws to provide essential weather forecasts storm tracking remote sensing spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 0 comments hurricane hunter satellites meteorological satellites tropical weather analytics 18 jul 2025 july 18 2025 the soviet zond 3 lunar flyby revealing the rest of the far side naturally the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts just six decades ago at this time the world watched as nasa s mariner 4 spacecraft lunar planetary missions spaceflight 1 comment 1960s object 3mv soviet lunar missions zond 3 17 apr 2025 april 17 2025 the hurricane hunter satellites a weather nanosatellite constellation as part of ongoing outreach efforts by tropical weather analytics twa to the meteorological community twa s chief scientist andrew lepage attended the national tropical weather conference remote sensing remote sensing science uncategorized 1 comment hurricane hunter satellites 31 dec 2024 december 31 2024 top ten posts of 2024 now that we are at the end of 2024 it is time to look back at this year s material published on drew ex machina and see astronomy extrasolar planets lunar planetary missions manned spaceflight remote sensing remote sensing history spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 0 comments top ten posts 8 dec 2024 december 8 2024 apollo a 002 testing the limits of the launch escape system one of the more dangerous parts of a space mission is launch which is why almost all crewed spacecraft have had launch abort options to cover manned spaceflight rockets propulsion spaceflight 6 comments 1960s abort tests apollo a 002 apollo program launch aborts little joe ii 26 nov 2024 november 26 2024 you can t fail unless you try nasa s pioneer p 3 lunar orbiter space enthusiasts of a certain age like myself grew up learning about the trio of nasa s unmanned programs which provided scientists and engineers with vital information lunar planetary missions spaceflight uncategorized 0 comments 1950s american lunar missions atlas able pioneer p 3 pioneer program trw space technology laboratories 5 oct 2024 october 5 2024 first pictures color view of the earth a tropical depression from space october 5 1954 while today we are inundated with color images of the earth our earliest views from space were confined to monochromatic or black and white images see remote sensing remote sensing instruments spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 1 comment 1950s aerobee military intelligence space programs naval research laboratory 14 aug 2024 august 14 2024 first pictures view of the earth from nasa s explorer 6 august 14 1959 today we take for granted that we can instantly access images of almost any part of the earth taken from space using an ever growing collection remote sensing remote sensing history spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 0 comments 1950s explorer 6 explorer program trw space technology laboratories 31 jul 2024 july 31 2024 an iss success story cymiss tropical cyclone intensity measurements from the iss to the hurricane hunter satellites the team at tropical weather analytics twa where this author is the chief scientist had the honor of having our poster about our previous work on manned spaceflight remote sensing remote sensing instruments remote sensing science spaceflight unmanned spaceflight 0 comments 2010s cymiss hurricane hunter satellites iss meteorological satellites miniaturized satellites tropical weather analytics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 next page about the author welcome my website is dedicated to the presentation and discussion of my past and current professional work my areas of interest include remote sensing spaceflight astronomy and astrobiology andrew lepage physicist learn more categories astrobiology astrobiology missions astronomical instruments astronomy drew s basement extrasolar planets image data processing lunar planetary missions manned spaceflight planetary habitability remote sensing remote sensing history remote sensing instruments remote sensing science rockets propulsion seti solar system spaceflight stars uncategorized unmanned spaceflight recent comments the v 72 b launch failed marooning the venera craft in orbit as you robert schorry venera 8 the first characterization of the surface of venus i have live footage of them being on the uss guadalcanal my dad was on jr gemini 10 dual rendezvous in space 2018 andrew lepage all rights reserved site designed and maintained by mellarium a hive of creativity