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The Daytime Astronomer's Satellites
By Alex Antunes | May 8th 2009 03:57 PM | 3 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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In "The Sky By Day", Dr. Alex Antunes serves twice-weekly slices of life from the sometimes strange, sometimes oddly normal workday of a NASA astrophysicist. Readers get the inside scoop on what... Full Bio

I've just wrapped up my time with another mission!  Can you match each satellite picture with its name?









AA BB
CC  D D
EE F F
  1. Asca (Astro-D)
  2. RXTE (XTE)
  3. Astro-E
  4. SWIFT
  5. Suzaku (Astro-E2)
  6. STEREO

Alex, the daytime astronomer

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Ah! So that's how you've been spending your time lately. I'm sure I could look all these missions up in Google to solve the puzzle, but the only one I recognize immediately is XTE, for reasons that should be obvious.

Are you at GSFC still these days? I'm in Building 16W, planning mission rehearsals for NPP.

Bill

Bill Gawne (not verified) | 05/09/09 | 20:00 PM
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Bill!  Okay, this column has been totally worth it just to get back in touch with you.  [pause]  Okay, I just found and friended you on facebook.  I met up with Julia from the XTE MOC last month by chance (rock climbing), she's at APL now.   I've wrapped up with NRL/STEREO (picture B) so I'm not sure if I'll end up at GSFC or APL or APS or, well, basically I know I'll end up somewhere that's an acronym because that's how this industry is.  I'll be noisy on this site and facebook about it once I land.

(and for non-Bill readers, XTE is picture A).


Alex Antunes | 05/10/09 | 10:44 AM
I have that presence on Facebook, but I confess I don't do much with it. So don't expect to see much from me there.

Julia and I see each other from time to time. We both went to FUSE after XTE. I also work these days with Steve V, who was also in the XTE MOC. As I'm sure you've noticed, it's a small world we work in.

Bill Gawne (not verified) | 05/10/09 | 12:20 PM

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