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HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR AUGUST NEWSLETTER! GUESS NO ONE WILL SLEEP MUCH IN AUGUST! MARS THE RED PLANET...IS ABOUT TO BE SPECTACULAR!  THIS MONTH AND NEXT, EARTH IS CATCHING UP WITH MARS IN AN ENCOUNTER THAT WILL CULMINATE IN THE CLOSEST APPROACH BETWEEN THE TWO PLANETS IN HISTORY.. THE NEXT TIME MARS MAY COME THIS CLOSE MAY BE IN 2287.. DUE TO THE WAY JUPITERS GRAVITY TUGS ON MARS ORBIT, ASTRONOMERS CAN ONLY BE CERTAIN THAT MARS HAS NOT COME THIS CLOSE TO EARTH IN THE LAST 5,000 YEARS AND IT MAY BE AS LONG AS 60,000 YEARS BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN! THE ENCOUNTER WILL CULMINATE ON AUGUST 27TH WHEN MARS COMES WITHIN 34,649,589 MILES FROM EARTH AND WILL BE (next to the moon) THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKY! MARS WILL BE EASY TO SPOT! AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST IT WILL RISE IN THE EAST AT 10 PM ANDA WILL REACH ITS AZIMUTH AT ABOUT 3 AM.. BY THE END OF AUGUST, WHEN THE TWO PLANETS ARE THE CLOSEST, MARS WILL RISE AT NIGHTFALL AND REACH ITS HIGHEST POINT IN THE SKY AT 12:30 AM. THATS PRETTY CONVENIENT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT NO HUMAN BEING HAS SEEN IN RECORDED HISTORY!!! MARK YOUR CALENDAR TO SEE MARS GROW PROGRESSIVELY BRIGHTER THROUGHOUT THE MONTH! MOONBASE ALPHA FREE PC GAME CREATED BY NASA THE FATE OF A LUNAR COLONY RESTS ON THE SHOULDERS OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM BUILD AND PILOT YOUR OWN REPAIR ROBOT TO REPAIR THE STATION TAKE YOUR FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON SURFACE IN A TRULY ACCURATE MOONSCAPE MULTIPLE GAME PLAYER MAPS!! GET THIS AWESOME GAME FOR FREE! GO TO THIS WEBSITE: www.steampowered.com in the Search box type: Moonbase Alpha FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS TO DOWNLOAD THIS GAME! ALSO, SEE PREVIEWS AND READ ABOUT THIS GAME! ROCKS AROUND THE WORLD Mars Space Flight Facility Scientists at Arizona State University are collecting rocks from around the world! Each rock is filed away for Scientists to use as they explore Mars. YOU HAVE GOT TO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: http://ratw.asu.edu/program.htm THIS IS THE NEATEST PROJECT EVER!!! DO IT WITH YOUR CLASS, OR DO DO IT ON YOUR OWN! FIND A REALLY COOL ROCK AND SEND IT IN TO SCIENTISTS WHO WILL ANALYZE IT! YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS YOUR ROCK WILL GO THROUGH ON THE RATW (Rocks Around The World) website. When all is done, they will send you your own Unique Certificate with a Special Number; type this number in on their website and see your rock! KIDS!! On a personal note from Ms. Jeanette at Liftoff! Guys! I found the weirdest looking rock when I was walking around in Cartersville! I cannot wait to send this in and see what it is made of! I will keep you posted on the progress of my weird rock! Send yours in too! Show your teacher this info and see if they will do this as a cool class project! Email me and let me know your rock's # when you get your certificate! I would like to check out your Special Rock!!
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