{"id":1329,"date":"2023-07-29T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2023-11-12T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:49:01","slug":"august-3-2023-club-member-speaker-tom-hanchett-apollo-mission-control-communication-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/august-3-2023-club-member-speaker-tom-hanchett-apollo-mission-control-communication-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"August 3, 2023 Club Member Speaker, Tom Hanchett,  Apollo Mission Control Communication Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EVERYONE IS INVITED TO HEAR&nbsp; Tom Hanchett, former Communication Officer at&nbsp; Johnson Space Center Mission Control on Thursday, August 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stargazers will hold their regular monthly educational meeting on Thursday, August 3, at the Community United Methodist Church on 434&nbsp; Lewis Street.&nbsp; Use the parking lot &amp; enter at the door right off the parking area. (We usually keep the front doors locked.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a social hour starting at 6PM with coffee\/tea and treats. (You can bring something to share if you would like.)&nbsp;&nbsp; You do not have to attend the social hour to be able to hear Tom\u2019s talk.&nbsp; Just arrive right at 7PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 7- 8:30 PM we will be having a most interesting speaker &amp; club member who was a Communication Officer at the Johnson Space Center Mission Control in Houston, Texas.&nbsp; He worked on Apollo Missions 1-17, and he has some very, VERY, <strong>VERY INTERESTING stories <\/strong>to share with us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to extend a special invitation to all students in Archuleta County.&nbsp; We normally encourage parents to accompany their children, but under these special circumstances we are saying that <strong><u>all students are invited<\/u><\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; (We don\u2019t want to exclude any future astronaut from attending.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Stargazers have other activities in August:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year our viewing of the Perseid meteor shower will&nbsp; NOT take place due to the closing of Chimney Rock by the National Forest Service.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the 3rd Friday, August 18, we will present a program for the public, titled <strong><u>Stars &amp; Galaxies<\/u><\/strong> where we look for deep sky objects with our telescopes. The 4th Friday, August 25, we present to the public, <strong><u>Our Solar System<\/u><\/strong> with a focus on the Moon &amp; visible Planets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reservations are expected, but you can come &amp; if cancellations happen which they often do, you can attend &amp; pay for your ticket at the Gift-shop.&nbsp; The gate opens at 7:30PM.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to join the San Juan Stargazers you will also receive Reflector Magazine which is the publication of the National Astronomical League of which you automatically become a member.&nbsp; To join both groups &amp; get an excellent astronomy magazine, annual membership is only$25\/ family. You can join the club at any of our events or now you can join using Paypal at our web=site: sanjuanstargazers.org.&nbsp; Check out our recently improved web-site with much more information &amp; fabulous pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN ABOUT &amp; APPRECIATE OUR UNBELIEVABLE UNIVERSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVERYONE IS INVITED TO HEAR&nbsp; Tom Hanchett, former Communication Officer at&nbsp; Johnson Space Center Mission Control on Thursday, August 3.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stargazers will hold their regular monthly educational meeting on Thursday, August 3, at the Community United Methodist Church on 434&nbsp; Lewis Street.&nbsp; Use the parking lot &amp; enter at the door right off the&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/august-3-2023-club-member-speaker-tom-hanchett-apollo-mission-control-communication-officer\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}