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"I don't know anything. But I do know that everything is interesting."
---Richard Feynmann

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Universe Today www.universetoday.com

  • February 2008: An Elegant Proposal for Near Earth Asteroid Deflection
  • February 2008: I Heart the ISS: Ten Reasons to Love the International Space Station
  • December 2007: Rocketplane's John Herrington: A New Space VP Talks About Reorganization, Redesign and COTS
  • December 2007: Heavy Construction on the Moon
  • December 2007: Happy Holidays in Space
  • December 2007: Spirit's Big Discovery
  • December 2007: Building Blocks of Life Can Form on Cold, Rocky Planets
  • December 2007: Water or Land: The Orion Landing Choice
  • December 2007: Tis the Season to Explore the North Pole -- On the Moon
  • October 2007: True or False (Color): The Art of Extraterrestrial Photography
  • August 2007: A Submarine for Europa
  • July 2007: The Mars Landing Approach
  • September 2006:  “MRO Aerobraking Surprises Scientists”
  • August 2006:  “STS-115 Brings More Power to the Station”
  • March 2006:  “Cuts in NASA Science Missions”
  • January 2006:  “Bringing Stardust Home”
  • January 2006:  “Leading the Way Back to the Moon”
  • January 2006: “Satellites on a Budget”
  • August 2005:  “Book Review:  Roving Mars”
  • June 2005:  “New Horizons Prepares to Zoom to Pluto”
  • April 2005:  “Has Spirit Found Bedrock in Columbia Hills?”
  • April 2005:  “Testing New Technologies…In Space”
  • March 2005:  “Mini-Detector Could Find Life on Mars or Anthrax at the Airport”
  • January 2005:  “A Pristine View of the Universe…From the Moon.”
  • October 2004:  “Magnetic Bubbles Could Protect Astronauts On Long Trips”

Space Lifestyle Magazine www.spacelifestylemagazine.com

  • Summer 2007:The One and Only Bad Astronomer
  • Summer 2007: Book Review: Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandries by Neil de Grasse Tyson
  • Summer 2007: The Space Index

Space Times Magazine www.astronautical.org

  • March/April 2007: The Mars Landing Approach: Getting Large Payloads to the Surface of the Red Planet

NASA’s Astrobiology Magazine www.astronbio.net

  • April 2005:  “Has Spirit Found Bedrock in the Columbia Hills?”
  • March 2005:  “Mars:  The Other Time-of Flight”
  • December 2004:  “Riding in Magnetic Bubbles”

The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL www.sj-r.com

  • January 2006:  “City Native Designing NASA Moon Spacecraft”
  • September 2004:  “U of I Students Travel to X Prize Launch.”
  • September 2003:  “Seeing Stars: SIRTF Takes a New Look at the Universe.”
  • May 2003:  “Seeing Red:  Illinois native plays a role in the latest mission to Mars.” 
  • April 2003:  “Dark Secrets:  Researcher shares latest theories on the universe.”
  • March 2003:  “Altman Reflects on Shuttle Tragedy.”  (Sunday edition, front page.)
  • October 2002:  “Belleville Native’s Job Takes Her to Space.”

The Ledger-Sentinel, Oswego, IL www.ledgersentinel.com

  • January 2006:  “Without a Hitch” (Stardust Mission)
  • March 2004:  “Mars Rovers Find Evidence of Water.”
  • February 2004:  “Second Mars Landing Thrills Oswego Native.”
  • January 2004:  “Mars Rover Landing a Bulls-eye.”
  • January 2004:  “Oswego Native ‘Anxious, Confident’ on Mars Landing.”
  • August 2003:  “Looking for Mars in All the Right Places.”
  • July 2003:  “Local Science Heroes Help Explore Mars.”

Record Newspapers, Countywide Edition, Kendall County, IL

  • October 2003:  “From Kendall County to Mars” (Front Page)
  • June 2003:  “Destination Mars.”  (Front page.)

The Villager, St. Paul, MN www.villagercomm.com

  • October 2006: By the Light of the Earth: St. Paul Native Joins Elite Group of Spacewalkers
  • August 2006: Diving Into Space: Shuttle Countdown Begins for Derham Grad (Front page)
  • October 2004: “Back to Earth.”
  • February 2003:  “Space Shuttle Tragedy Hits Close to Hometown Astronauts.”
  • March 2002:  “Highland Park Graduate Recounts Role in Recent Shuttle Success.”  (Front page.)
  • February 2002:  “Beyond the Wild Blue.”

SPACE.com www.space.com

  • November 2001:  “Planetarium Backers Hope to ‘Shoot For The Stars.’”  (Top 10 headlines, “front page.”)
  • October 2001:  “Meteorologist on a Mission.”

Ransom County Gazette, Lisbon, ND

  • June 2003:  “Mission to Mars.” 
  • March 2003:  “Feeling the Loss:  Astronaut Scott Altman Reflects on shuttle accident.”
  • March 2003:  “Space shuttle tragedy affects Minnesota astronauts.”
  • May 2002:  “Minnesota Native Returns From Space.”

Bibliobits, the quarterly newsletter of Rochester Public Library, Rochester IL

  • Writer, editor, 2003 - present

 

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