They're twittering the Mars landing
I had completely forgotten about Phoenix, the mission to land a robotic craft at the North Pole of Mars. I was reminded by tehnosailor who twittered about the @marsphoenix Twitter account. Follow that...
View ArticleSpacelog: Apollo 13
From the Apollo 13 Spacelog transcript. Good thing nobody had to get out and push. (via) Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. I’ll tell you, I’m just trying to figure out where we are here. ….. Joe Kerwin...
View Articleblow my mind
It makes me happy that images like this can blow my mind and give me pause for thought. Related Posts The Hill 137 Boat Trick The Rasterbator – blow up your images! Harry Potter: the story so far
View ArticleGangnam Style in Space
NASA Johnson Style more like! A great Gangnam Style parody I found today on Boing Boing! Related Posts SCO Unix and PPP Outer Space: After the Space S … Paper Blogs
View ArticleNASA + Google = SPHERES
This is quite amazing. Google and NASA are working on robots that will float around the International Space Station helping astronauts or perform maintenance activities independently on station. I...
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The Orion Launch
The Orion test vehicle launched this morning without a hitch on top of a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. If you’re wondering what the test is about, or what all the fuss is about,...
View ArticleHow to fly to the space station
Have you ever been curious about how people fly to the ISS? If you’ve played Kerbal Space Program you probably have a pretty good idea but for everyone else this video dots a great job of explaining...
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Eclipse 2017 in Ireland
A tiny portion of the August 21st solar eclipse will be visible from Ireland as seen in this NASA web app that shows you the track of the Moon’s shadow across the Earth. It’ll probably be cloudy...
View ArticleCassini: The Grand Finale
“1:55 a.m. PDT Cassini engineers have received the signal that Cassini has started a five-minute roll to point the instrument that will sample Saturn’s atmosphere (INMS) into the optimal direction,...
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No need for camera straps on the ISS
The astronauts living on the International Space Station are in a microgravity environment, so no chance a camera will fall to floor. Just leave it next to you until you need it again! ‘Course you...
View ArticleIf you love “13 Minutes to the Moon”
13 Minutes to the Moon is a BBC podcast telling the story of the first Moon landing and all that led up to it and it’s gripping listening featuring recordings from the time, great music and great...
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Rebooting the Apollo Guidance Computer
If you can’t get enough of the Apollo missions after my last post watch as the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) is booted up. See inside the machine at the ropes used to store information and marvel at...
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