{"id":49347,"date":"2018-10-15T19:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=49347"},"modified":"2018-10-15T19:15:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T02:15:29","slug":"the-planetary-post-celebrates-nasas-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/10\/the-planetary-post-celebrates-nasas-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Planetary Post Celebrates NASA&#8217;s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s episode of <em>The Planetary Post<\/em>, hosted by<em> Star Trek: Voyager<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Robert Picardo<\/strong>, includes celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of <em>NASA<\/em>, <em>Astronomy Day<\/em> (October 13), and touring the <em>Mount Wilson Observatory<\/em>, located in the San Gabriel mountains outside of Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>Telescope operator <strong>Geovanni Somoza<\/strong> gives fans a virtual tour of the observatory including a peek at the one hundred inch <strong>Hooker<\/strong> telescope.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PlanetaryPostMountWilsonObservatory101518-2DavesTravelCorner-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that in 1931 <strong>Albert Einstein<\/strong> visited the observatory? 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