Aeronautical and Astronomical Engineer Gary Blackwood on the “Up Close Show” this Friday (5/9)

The skies over our unique desert are full of wonders, mysteries, and discoveries. On this week’s “Up Close” show, Aeronautical and Astronautical engineer Dr. Gary Blackwood will guide us across the stars and planets and where and when we can see them.

Blackwood will also talk with host Gary Daigneault about his work as the Program Manager for the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The science in our night skies on the Z107.7 “Up Close” show this Friday (5/9) at 10:00 a.m. on Z107.7FM and as a podcast.

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Gary Daigneault
Gary Daigneault has been a broadcast journalist for 45 years with awards and citations from the Associated Press, National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Association, Radio Inc. Magazine, five “Golden Mic” and four “Mark Twain” awards. In 2010 he was inducted into the Associated Press Hall of Fame. Daigneault taught Broadcasting for 27 years. He is President of Theatre 29, six term Past-President of Rotary Clubs, Past-President of Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree Chambers of Commerce and chaired the Joshua Tree National Park Commission. Gary and wife Cindy live in Twentynine Palms since 1979. They have two children and five grandchildren.