DENNIS L. MAMMANA

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2009
 

San Diego East County Magazine, Thursday, February 26, 2009;  interview & photos;

 
 

2008
 

Digital Photographer Magazine,  Issue 73, September 2008;  Interview (pp 35-39);

Westways Magazine of the Southern California Automobile Association, September 2008, Vol. 100, No. 6,  pages 20-21, "Star Time"


Lens Paper, Newsletter of the (San Diego) North County Photographic Society, June 2008, page 1, "Program (June 25, 2008):  Capture the Cosmos"

Radio interview about Borrego Springs seeking to become designated as an International Dark Sky Community;  with Tom Fudge on KPBS-FM radio in San Diego, CA;  May 6, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune, May 1, 2008, Quest section;  "Dark Skies, Bright Future" about Borrego Springs designation as Dark Sky Community;   Interview and photograph

 
 

2007
 

Telephone interview about the winter solstice, Mars and night sky photography with Earl Finkler on KBRW AM & FM radio in Barrow, Alaska;  December 31, 2007

Towers magazine, Otterbein College, Winter 2007, Vol. 80, Number 1,  pp. 14-21, "Gazing to the Skies"

T
elephone interview about astronomy travel & night sky photography with Earl Finkler on KBRW AM & FM radio in Barrow, Alaska;  March 30, 2007

Borrego Sun,  Borrego Springs, CA,  January 11, 2007, page 1, "A Star Among Us" about photo exhibition reception; "Home Star City" photo

Easton Express
-Times,  Easton, PA,  January 11, 2007, Today section, pages D1-2, "Sky Watch 2007"; "Basking in Earth's Sunsets" photo

Easton Express-Times,  Easton, PA,  January 3, 2007, page B-1,  "Explaining the Universe" photo after presenting lecture

 
 

2006
 

Borrego Sun,  Borrego Springs, CA,  December 28, 2006, page 2, "ABDNHA Welcomes Astronomer"

The Sand Paper, Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association, Winter 2006, Vol. 35, Issue 2, page 5, "'Desert Skies' by Dennis Mammana:  Exhibit and Reception on January 12"

Idyllwild Life Magazine, November/December 2006, Cover/pages 5 & 28, "Dennis Mammana Interview:  Astronomer with an Artist's Eye"

 
 

2002
 

"Are We Alone?" (featured guest) ;  Radio America weekly program about  life in the universe;  July 14, 2002,  9:00 - 10:00 p.m. EDT

 
 

2001
 

Reflections (Crystal Cruise Lines),  Cruise 1223, No. 7, December 28, 2001, "Meet Astronomy Expert Dennis Mammana"

Reflections
(Crystal Cruise Lines),  Cruise 1222, No. 4, December 9, 2001, "Meet Astronomy Expert Dennis Mammana"

ibid.,
 Cruise 1222, No. 4,  December 9, 2001,  "Astronomy Expert Dennis Mammana"


"Seven Wonders of the Cosmos!", UCSD-TV,  lecture videotaped at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center on April 11, 2001


San Diego Reader
,  San Diego, CA,  January 11, 2001,  page 59, "Life After Starball";  photo with Digistar II

 
 

2000 
 

Reflections (Crystal Cruise Lines),  October 21, 2000, "Meet Dennis Mammana"

San Diego Union-Tribune,  San Diego, CA,  August 22, 2000, Computer Link Magazine, "Bio Bytes:  Dennis L. Mammana"

Reflections (Crystal Cruise Lines),  June 12, 2000, "Astronomer Dennis

"Dennis Mammana" (featured guest),  Cox 4 S. D.   

"Electric Sky!", lecture given at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center,  UCSD-TV,  videotaped on March 29, 2000

 

1999
 

Science Scope, "Reaching for the Stars", Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Vol. 9, No. 12,  December 1999, page 1 (photo)

Reflections (Crystal Cruise Lines),  November 14, 1999, "Astronomer Dennis Mammana"

Interview with Fr. George Coyne of the Vatican Observatory,  Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater & Science Center,  UCSD-TV,  videotaped on October 27, 1999

San Diego Reader,  San Diego, CA,  September 16, 1999,  Vol. 28, No 37;   "Am I the First Human…?", cover, pages 46-63;

"Dennis Mammana", The Heart of San Diego  guest,  ITV, July 1999

"Pops in Space",  San Diego Pops Orchestra guest,  July 16 & 17, 1999

"Total Lunar Eclipse" webcast on-air narrator for January 20 lunar eclipse;   http://www.rhfleet.org;   Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater, San Diego, CA

"KUSI-TV Morning News" astronomy/space commentator;  bi-weekly appearances through July 1999

 
 

1998
 

"Fleet Center is Losing ‘Star Ball’,"  San Diego Union-Tribune,  December 7, 1998,  p. B-1, B-8  (photo)

San Diego Décor & Style, San Diego, CA,  June 1998,  "Aliens in Balboa Park?",  page 96 (photo)

"The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer", Taking the Pulse of the Universe host,  UCSD-TV,  May 1998

"KUSI-TV Morning News" astronomy/space commentator;  bi-weekly appearances

Astronomy Magazine’s Explore the Universe, 5th Edition, 1999, "Eclipse Excitement", page 16

 
 

1997
 

"KUSI-TV Morning News" astronomy/space commentator;  bi-weekly appearances from August 15, 1997 through July 1999

"San Diego Night Sky" co-host,  KPBS-TV,  San Diego, CA

On Air Magazine, KPBS,  San Diego, CA,  Vol. 28, Issue 8, June 1997,  "We are Star Stuff",  page 15

Science Scope
,  Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater & Science Center, San Diego, CA,   June 1997, Vol. 7 No. 6, page 1 "Bringing the Stars Down to Earth—San Diego Style"

Beach News,  San Diego, CA,  June 19,1997,  "San Diego a Perfect Place for Stargazing, KPBS Show Reveals"

San Diego Family Magazine,  June 1997,  San Diego, CA, "Bringing Stars Down to Earth"

Stargaze: Eclipse ‘98, MWT Associates, Vol. IV, June 1997, page 1 (photo)

On Air Magazine, KPBS, San Diego, CA,  Vol. 28, Issue 6, April 1997, "Out of this World",  pages 16-18, 34

"Hale-Bopp:  The Starry Messenger",  Inside Space guest,  Sci-Fi Channel,  April 1997

Science Scope,  Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater & Science Center, San Diego, CA,  March 1997, Vol. 7 No. 3,  page 3 "Capturing the Sky… For Our Walls"

Interviewed on Mongolian Television about total solar eclipse, March 3, 1997

 

1996
 

Reflections (Crystal Cruise Lines),  April 6, 1996, Volume 6109, No. 4, "Meet Astronomer Dennis L. Mammana"

 
 

1995
 

"Season Preview", From Quarks to Quasars co-host,  UCSD-TV,  September 1995

"The W.M. Keck Telescope:  A New Vision for Astronomy",  From Quarks to Quasars co-host,  UCSD-TV,  February 1995

 
 

1994
 

"Into the Heart of Astronomy",  From Quarks to Quasars co-host,  UCSD-TV,  December 1994

 
 

1993
 

The Daily Californian,  San Diego, CA,  July 14, 1993,  page C5,  "Starry Starry Night"

Video storyboard for "Starpower", Four Square Productions, National City, CA,  July 1, 1993;  Narrator

"The Four Dimensions of Paradise:  A Scientific View",  UCSD Mandeville Auditorium, hosted by Shelly Berman, January 10, 1993

 
 

1992
 

 

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA,  October 13, 1992,  pages B-1, 4,  "S.D. Astronomer is Waiting for Message"

 
 

1991
 

"Annular Eclipse Once in a Lifetime Experience,"  The Daily Aztec (SDSU),  December 9, 1991  (photo)

The Californian,  San Diego, CA,  July 2, 1991,  Pages A8,  "Nature’s Sun Block", photo

"Eclipse Viewing Requires Safety,"  Blade-Citizen (S.D. North County),  June 7, 1991  (photo)

Times Advocate,  San Diego, CA,  March 1, 1991,  Pages C1-2,  "Learn to Unravel the Mysteries of the Sky Above"  

 
 

1990
 

"Book Review:  The Night Sky", Space Reflections, Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater, January-February, 1990, pp. 12

 
 

1989
 

 

San Diego Union,  San Diego, CA,  November 20, 1989,  page E-1,  "Secrets of Night Sky are Close as Phone"

 
 

1988
 

"Other Worlds,"  Oceanside (CA) Breeze,  July 13 1988, photo

 
 

1987
 

"Center Names Mammana,"  San Diego Union,  February 25, 1987,  page E-1

 
 

1984
 

The Planetarian,  Gibbous Gazette, Spring 1984, Pages 28-29,  "Major Shake-Up Hits Flandrau Planetarium"

 
 

1983
 

Arizona Daily Wildcat,  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,  August 22, 1983,  "Flandrau Head Forced to Resign"

Arizona Daily Star,  Tucson, AZ,  August 20, 1983,  "Planetarium Chief Quit Under Pressure, UA Confirms"

Tucson Citizen,  Tucson, AZ,  August 19, 1983,  "Planetarium Chief Quits"

Arizona Daily Star,  Tucson, AZ,  August 19, 1983,  "Director Quitting UA Planetarium"

 
 

1982
 

Lo Que Pasa,,  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,  October 18, 1982, photo (with John Glenn)

 
 

1981
 

Tucson Citizen,  Tucson, AZ,  March 28, 1981, Weekender page 14,  "Educate or Entertain… That is the Question"

Arizona Daily Wildcat,  University of Arizona,  Tucson, AZ,  January 17, 1981,  "Flandrau Director Named"

 
 

1980
 

Tucson Citizen,  Tucson, AZ,  July 26, 1980,  Weekender, pages 12-14, cover photo ("Flandrau-D2")

"Spending a Day in Outer Space,"  Arizona Highways,  January 1980,  p10  (photo)

 
 

1979
 

Arizona Daily Wildcat,  University of Arizona,  Tucson, AZ,  November 15, 1979, Encore pages 4, 8,  "Flandrau Productions Meld Visual, Aural and Verbal Elements"

 
 

1977
 

"New Horizons of Christmas"  (featured guest),  Voice of America radio program about the Star of Bethlehem,  December 1977

 
 

1975
 

"Learning By Doing at the Star Factory", Scene, Magazine of the Arts Council of Rochester, NY, Winter, 1975

 
 

1973
 

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,   February 19, 1973,  "Easton Student Opens Show at Planetarium"

The Motorist Magazine of the Northampton County Motor Club, PA,  January/February 1973, page 8

 
 

1972
 

Westerville, Ohio newspaper,  "College Planetarium Officials Plan Numerous Public Shows"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  1972,  "Easton Collegian Aids Seven in Fire"

 "Havoc at Otterbein",  Sky & Telescope Magazine, February 1972, page 71

 
 

1968
 

The Republican Courier,  Findlay, Ohio,   July 1, 1968,  "Winner Shows Wares" photo

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  Summer 1968,  "Has Humphrey’s Number" photo with Hubert Humphrey’s license plate

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  April 13, 1968,  Page 5,  "EAHS Junior Photographs Lunar Show from Express Rooftop"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  April 12, 1968,  "EAHS Junior To View Eclipse in Own Telescope"

 
 

1967
 

Allentown Morning Call,  Allentown, PA,  July 1967,  "Easton Boy Wins License Plate Contest Again"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  June 27, 1967,  "Easton Boy Wins License Plate Collection Award"

Recorder,  Greenfield, MA,  Summer 1967,  "Auto Plates on Display"

 
 

1966
 

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  Summer 1966,  "License Plate Collector Wins Top Show Prize"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  July 1966,  "Crossroads:  Profile of Dennis Mammana"

 
 

1965
 

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  Summer 1965,  "License Plate Trophy Awarded to Easton Youth"

 
 

1964
 

Allentown Morning Call,  Allentown, PA,  July 3, 1964,  "License Plate Champ:  Travel No Problem For Easton Youth"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  June 29, 1964,  "Wins National Competition" photo

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  Summer 1964,  "Auto Tag Collector Wins Second Award"

The Republican Courier,  Findlay, Ohio,   June 29, 1964,  "Easton, Pa. Youth’s Display Wins  Top Honors at License Plate Collectors"

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  Summer 1964,  "Easton Boy, 12, Takes Top Honor for Auto Tags"

 
 

1962
 

Easton Express,  Easton, PA,  April, 1968,  "Champions in School Science Fair"

 

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