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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Keeping up with astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover has been incredible as Artemis II has flown around the moon and back. Tonight, they'll land back on Earth! Splashdown is scheduled for 9:07pm Atlantic time tonight!

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Tiffany @tiffzny.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

There's a lunar eclipse tonight (better description: right before sunrise tomorrow morning!). This is where the moon goes into the Earth's shadow so the moon becomes a red-orange colour when under that shadow. Visible all across north america, if you've got clear skies (1/3)

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

As early as March 6, four astronauts, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will be launching into space on a 10-day journey around the far side of the moon and back. The Artemis II mission will be the first crewed flight to the moon since the Apollo missions ended in 1972! (Image credit: CSA)

The infographic includes a representation of Earth, the Moon, and the Orion spacecraft. A curvy line marks the expected flight path of the mission. Eight arrows along the flight path indicate Orion's direction. The arrows are numbered to correspond to the following steps.

Outbound transit (approximately 4 days)

Step 1: Launch from Kennedy Space Center on the Space Launch System.
Step 2: Raise manoeuvres set Orion on high Earth orbit. This step will involve one or more engine burns.
Step 3: Proximity operations. Crew take over controls to demonstrate manual handling of Orion.
Step 4: Life systems checkout in high Earth orbit.
Step 5: Translunar injection, which sets Orion on course to the Moon. This step will involve one or more engine burns.
Step 6: Lunar fly-by about 10,400 km beyond the far side of the Moon. This step will involve one or more engine burns.

Return transit (approximately 4 days)

Step 7: Inbound flight. This step involves one or more engine burns.
Step 8: Re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
On the infographic, it says that the mission duration will be approximately 10 days, and that the distance travelled will be over 1 million kilometres.

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New Star Finder newsletter! sway.cloud.microsoft/6B7WItGDx7TS... In this issue: 🔭 Highlights from Star Finder at the AST Conference ❔ One-minute feedback form 📖 Star Finder at Halifax Central Library's Science Café 🚀 Follow the upcoming launch of Artemis II 🌟 Observe the Lunar Eclipse on March 3rd

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

For those in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada, there's a decent chance of seeing the northern lights tonight if you have clear skies! Cameras pointed towards the northern part of the sky might be able to pick up green or red northern lights after the skies are dark! ✨

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Did you see the northern lights last night? There's a small chance we get another view tonight (Nov 12) if you have clear skies. ✨ It's easiest to see the aurora when using a camera, as it'll pick up the lights long before our eyes. Point north, try a long exposure, and see what you can see! 📷

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Nova Scotia teachers! The Star Finder team will be at the Association of Science Teachers conference on Oct 24! We'll have a table & we'll do a presentation to share resources with you. We hope we'll see you there! We'll have some printed materials (and maybe even some pens!) to hand out! 👀 ✨

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Although the weather isn't in our favour, the Orionids Meteor Shower peaks tonight! It's caused by Earth moving through its orbit where Halley's Comet left lots of tiny pieces of debris. As Earth moves through, we'd see more shooting stars than normal! Check out this TimeAndDate webpage about it:

timeanddate.com

Look Up to See the Orionids Light Up the Night Skies

Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It was sooo inspiring to meet with many NS science teachers last month! We shared all of the (free!!) astronomy-focused, hands-on lesson plans we've put together, which can all be found online now, too: observatory.smu.ca/starfinder

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Star Finder Program @ SMU @smustarfinder.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

New Star Finder Newsletter! sway.cloud.microsoft/hYupvkznJi9o... In this issue: 🔭 Highlights from the first Star Finder Teachers' Workshop 📚 New astronomy lesson plans and resources now available ☁️ Upcoming content on Bluesky! 🌟 Star Finder at the Association of Science Teachers Conference

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