8/23/10

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An alternate plan for NASA

An alternate plan for NASA

John Hunt lives in Southern California. He is a frequent contributor to the...

5/12/10

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Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-...

Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-132

This is it. The beginning of the end. Atlantis will lift off for the last time...

4/14/10

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Apollo 13, 40 years ago

Apollo 13, 40 years ago

40 years ago, a fault in the electrical system of one of the Service...

4/12/10

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Dennis Hong & RoMeLa bring us r...

Dennis Hong & RoMeLa bring us robots from the future

We all love robots. If you’re here, chances are that you’re a...

4/5/10

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Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-131

Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-131

Boy, what a birthday. I get a Space Shuttle launch, plus I get to publish...

2/22/10

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iPhone App: F-Sim Shuttle

iPhone App: F-Sim Shuttle

A flight simulator on a phone. No wait. A Space Shuttle flight simulator on a...

2/7/10

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Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-...

Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-130

We’ve posted a lot of space-related news lately, but this is hardly a...

2/7/10

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NASA and GM’s Humanoid Robot

NASA and GM’s Humanoid Robot

The web–or maybe just the geeky part of the web–seems to be ablaze...

2/2/10

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NASA’s bold new plan

NASA’s bold new plan

Three months ago, NASA conducted the first test takeoff of the rocket that was...

1/29/10

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What next for Spirit?

What next for Spirit?

As you might have heard, Spirit (NASA’s first of two Mars Exploration...

1/22/10

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Movie of the month: Capricorn One

Movie of the month: Capricorn One

I loathe conspiracy theories. They’re so pretentious, and they leave...

1/9/10

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Sofia’s Doors Open

Sofia’s Doors Open

The SOFIA airborne telescope successfully passed its most important test...

12/29/09

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A Commercial Space Race?

A Commercial Space Race?

(1) In 1950, no human made object had ever reached orbit. (2) In 1970, humans...

12/14/09

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A wise telescope launched today

A wise telescope launched today

NASA’s latest space telescope, WISE, was launched a few dozen of...

12/11/09

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Headlines: Spiral of doom edition

Headlines: Spiral of doom edition

Hello everyone, here is another weekly headlines roundup. The last 7 days were...

12/5/09

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SOFIA and other flying telescopes

SOFIA and other flying telescopes

Meet Sofia. The fattest flying telescope around. A flying telescope…...

11/24/09

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Program Constellation takes off, and...

Program Constellation takes off, and splashes down

October 28th was blessed by Ares I’s first test flight. Ares I and Ares...

11/18/09

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“Atlantis, Houston, go at thro...

“Atlantis, Houston, go at throttle-up”

Cape Canaveral. Launchpad 39a. Novermber 16th, 2009. 2:28 p.m. EST. A swarm of...

11/16/09

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Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-...

Watch NASA’s live feed of STS-129

Enjoy a live feed of today’s space shuttle launch, STS-129. This will be...

11/15/09

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There’s water on the moon!

There’s water on the moon!

October 9th, 2009. What a day. Obama gets his Nobel prize, a clown broadcasts...