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    Watching the Skies with Brad Klein: Dec. 4 - 10: Your name… HERE!

    LehighValleyNews.com | By Brad Klein
    Published December 4, 2023 at 6:00 AM EST
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    Watching the skies with Brad Klein

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s "Backyard Astronomy Guy," Marty McGuire.

    This week they discuss a possible holiday present. NASA’s "Message in a Bottle" program is an offer to add your name to a silicon chip heading toward Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

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    Your name can travel to space on the Europa Clipper Spacecraft

    “Scientists are trying to determine if there's a vast ocean beneath [the] icy crust of on the surface of Europa,“ McGuire said, "And there could even conceivably be traces of life.”

    The Europa Clipper mission is scheduled to launch in October, 2024 and arrive in 2030.

    NASA’s ‘Message in a Bottle’ program is free to participate in. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, Dec. 31, 2023.

    For more information, visit the Europa Clipper web page.

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    Brad Klein, left, and Marty McGuire at the SteelStacks in Bethlehem.

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    Brad Klein
    I was a founding member of the WLVR News team in 2019, bringing more than 20 years of experience in radio journalism, podcast, and video production. I’ve had a role in a number of long-running programs at NPR, MSNBC and WNYC. A founding producer of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday,” I played similar start-up roles for NPR’s Weekly Edition, MSNBC’s Edgewise, Public Radio International’s Satellite Sisters and even as a writer on one of the early pilot episodes of the news/comedy show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. I’ve also worked as a reporter, producer, and director for National Public Radio News programs including Weekend Edition and All Things Considered. An avid naturalist, I lead educational programs for the American Museum of Natural History and Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
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