GLPA Newsletter
Volume 56, Number 1
Vernal Equinox, 2021
Bart Benjamin, Editor
Emily Hromi, Cover
Articles
President’s Message
– Waylena McCully
Editor’s Message
– Bart Benjamin
Climate Change: Time for Learning and Action
– Jean Creighton
Project Ham-High: Circumnavigating the World in a Balloon
– Brian Cieslak
Spring Prose
– Jeanne Bishop
Columns
State News
– Illinois (Tom Willmitch)
– Indiana (Melinda O’Malley)
– Ohio (Dale Smith)
– Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jean Creighton)
– Beyond the Lakes (Mary Holt)
Bulletin Board
Spring State Meetings
LIPS 2021 News
– Karrie Berglund
IPS Update
– Mike Smail
40 Years & 20 Years Ago
Image Credits
Cover Caption: Launched from Earth on July 30, 2020, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover landed on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. The rover Perseverance and its helicopter companion Ingenuity will search for signs of ancient microbial life, advancing NASA’s quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. This cover features five photos of thousands already gathered by the mission, layered with a simple illustration of Perseverance and Ingenuity.
NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio (STScI)
M96: A Galactic Maelstrom
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and LEGUS Team
Young stars in the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC and University of Potsdam, JPL-Caltech, and STScI
M13: A Celestial Snow Globe of Stars
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Newborn stars within the Prawn Nebula
Credit: European Southern Observatory
Big Blue Marble Earth
Credit: R. Stockli, A. Nelson, F. Hasler, NASA/ GSFC/ NOAA/ USGS
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