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Randee Gurban is a lifelong space enthusiast. She became a NASA Solar System Ambassador to inspire a love of learning, share her passion for space exploration, and to ignite the interests and support of others.
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
Jan 9, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Neptune - NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Neptune - NASA Solar System …
Neptune orbits our Sun, a star, and is the eighth planet from the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).
In Depth | Neptune – NASA Solar System Exploration
Introduction. Dark, cold, and whipped by supersonic winds, ice giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system. More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is the only planet in our solar system not visible to the naked eye.
Directory | Solar System Ambassadors - NASA Solar System …
Ron Schmit has been active in astronomy in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul since 1986. He has been an astronomy educator at the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Planetarium, the Eisenhower Observatory in Hopkins, Minnesota, the Staring Lake Observatory in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and is a member of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
In Depth | Our Solar System - NASA Solar System Exploration
Introduction. The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
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Tim Carlson has been a space nerd from an early age. For his science fair project in 4th grade he built a model of the Apollo 11 Command and Lunar modules and explained how they came together for their trip to the Moon.
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Mike Urvand was born a child of Apollo, having been born one month after the landing of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility in July of 1969. His first conscious memory of being in love with Space was watching the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project in 1975 and knowing at that time that he wanted nothing more than to be an Astronaut!
Neptune By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
May 16, 2024 · Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun, and the first planet discovered with math.