ATV Jules Verne, Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS
Apr 3 2008
Very neat... Europe's ATV first automated docking. 3 April 2008 ESA PR 20-2008. ATV Jules Verne, the European Space Agency’s first resupply and ...
Archive for the 'Space' Category
Two cool videos of STS-123 Night Launch
Mar 29 2008
I found two very cool videos (YouTube) of STS-123 night launch. Night launches are the coolest, with literally night becoming day. The two videos are from ...
Space Shuttle and Station Sighting Opportunities for March 2008
Mar 25 2008
By coincidence today I saw the Space Shuttle and Station flying just over, at 12 o'clock. I immediately recognized then as potentially the Shuttle and ...
The iPods rock the Space Shuttle, and single-bit soft errors
Mar 20 2008
I found this article about an iPod that was spotted on the Space Shuttle... I wonder if the iPod is experiencing single-bit soft errors. In space, ...
This week on Space: STS-123 launches, Cassini meets Enceladus, new Google Sky
Mar 14 2008
An interesting week on space-related activities... STS-123 The Space Shuttle STS-123 mission launched into its 16 day mission; and busy is the crew delivering pieces for the ...
Hoot Gibson at Benson Space Company
Jan 5 2008
Just noticed that Hoot Gibson, the former astronaut who gave me my Silver Snoopy Award many years ago is now Chief Pilot at Benson Space ...
A Brief History of Manned Space Flight Video
Dec 31 2007
I found this neat short video titled A Brief History of Manned Space Flight (at Yuri's Night). ceo
Johannes Kepler - first human being to truly understand the laws of planetary motion
Dec 30 2007
Three days ago marked 436 years since the birth of Johannes Kepler. Born in Germany on December 27, 1571, Kepler was the first human being ...
Best meteor shower of 2007
Dec 3 2007
Mark your calendar... the Geminid meteor shower, the best meteor shower of 2007 peaks on Friday, December 14th. For more information see the Science@NASA article ...
NASA’s new cool website presence
Dec 3 2007
NASA's new redesigned website breaks off the traditional, old fashion (government looking) look and feel, with support for new AJAX'ish flashy behavior, a new MySpace ...
Watching the Earth-rise and set over the Moon
Nov 15 2007
Wow, so gorgeous, check it out... Japan's space agency (JAXA) has released two high definition videos of Earth-rise and Earth-set, as witnessed by its lunar explorer ...
The New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission
Oct 21 2007
I'm not sure that many folks know about the New Horizons probe, which is in route to the Pluto-Kuiper Belt, in the outer solar system ...
Google Lunar X Prize
Sep 15 2007
Google is funding the Lunar X Prize with $30 million, to encourage private teams to go to the moon, with $20 million to the first ...
Total Lunar Eclipse - August 28th
Aug 28 2007
The moon was redish this morning... I saw it! Did you? Space.com has an article on this morning's full lunar eclipse - it has been a ...
We have liftoff - Teacher in Space
Aug 9 2007
I missed the launch of STS-118 yesterday due to business travel... But it is great to see the successful and historical launch of the STS-118 ...
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