Pluto not a planet, but a dwarf planet
By now you probably know that the International Astronomical Union came out with some guidelines for what is considered a planet. This effort to ...
Thoughts and technical stuff, mostly about mobility, startups, and other things
By now you probably know that the International Astronomical Union came out with some guidelines for what is considered a planet. This effort to ...
The date was July 20, 1969. The mission was Apollo 11. A day like today, 37 years ago, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon... Forgotten ...
STS-121 has cleared the launch-pad, and the mission has begun. A perfect blast-off, on a perfect Fourth of July - this is the first Space ...
Today's launch attempt was scrubbed (for the second time) due to weather - 3rd attempt will occur on July 4 - great day to have ...
I found a very neat web site called Total Eclipse (http://www.launchphotography.com) by photographer Ben Cooper, with photos of current and past Space Shuttle and other ...
AP Photo by John Raoux NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission has begun... Neat. The New Horizons probe was launched on top of an Atlas V rocket from ...
What a beautiful photo of Dione and Saturn in the background... And because Dione was discovered in 1684 by Giovanni Cassini, nothing was more appropriate ...
NASA and Google launch research alliance. Pretty cool... "Google and NASA share a common desire to bring a universe of information to people around the world" ...