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Space Shuttle flips the bird. Then Flambés it. Is there anything NASA can’t do?

27. March 2008

OUCH! WARNING: Bird Armageddon contained in this video. Technorati Tags: shuttle, nasa, ouch, bird, thwack, space, technology, video, carnage Share and Enjoy:

Welcome home Endeavour

27. March 2008

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Welcome home folks! Technorati Tags: shuttle, space, technology, nasa, flight, home Share and Enjoy:

Finally, proof that the Brits are in communication with Aliens, Kate Hudson.

18. March 2008

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You have it here third, or maybe fourth. That’s right all you SETI fans and LGM enthusiasts, you can rest easy on your laurels – thanks to Google Earth and intrepid research sites like “Secret Bases” we can now bring you definitive evidence that the RAF and British Government are speaking to Aliens in space [...]

Is a photo of the Space Shuttle in Space art? What’s your opinion?

14. March 2008

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I’ve had an internal debate going on in my head now for a bit and I’d like to get your opinion. I guess this cuts to the core of the “What is art” debate. If an astronaut who is not consciously trying to be an artist takes a picture of the space shuttle, like the [...]

Icy Mars – Meet Promethei Planum, an area on Mars with 3500M of ice

12. March 2008

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Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with layer of ice more than 3500 m thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera’s focus on 22 September 2005 as Mars Express was in orbit above the Red Planet. Check out this link for a ~2MB [...]

NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour’s busy schedule

4. March 2008

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For you Shuttle enthusiasts, the Endeavour is getting ready to take the jump into near earth orbit. On Friday, March 7, Endeavour’s seven astronauts are scheduled to arrive at Kennedy at 9 p.m. EST NASA Television will provide live coverage as STS-123 Commander Dominic Gorie makes a brief statement to media. Credentialed journalists planning to [...]

SpaceX chucking all kinds of stuff into Earth orbit in the next three years

3. March 2008

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It seems our friends over at SpaceX are hurling lots of objects into space! This is great news for independent (as in, not the government) space agencies. Of particular interest to me is the Bigelow Aerospace launch to take place sometime in 2011. Bigelow Aerospace is that company that’s dreaming of getting an orbital hotel [...]

Alien Civilization found! And it’s not from a Russian paper, so it must be true!

26. February 2008

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We all know about Abell 1835 IR1916 (not pictured above). That galaxy that just happens to be the furthest and thus oldest galaxy ever seen by Hubble. It’s just about 13.25 million light years away – far even compared to driving through Texas, and this galaxy’s been around for about 97% of the time the [...]

What will be the environmental impact of retiring the shuttle fleet?

25. February 2008

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NASA currently has a new draft online regarding the potential environmental impact resulting from retiring the existing shuttle fleet in preperation for the Constellation Program. Just what’s going to happen to all of that extra hardware? According to the draft the environmental impact should be fairly low – with much of the existing facilities and [...]

For once the answer may really be in the stars.

24. February 2008

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Hi Everyone. Long time no post! Yeah, that flu and it’s crazy friends fever and dream had me in their grasp for quite some time. Today I’ve finally emerged from my cocoon (er. . . bed) and I’m feeling a bit better. Nap time still calls but at least I’m conscious, not actively wishing for [...]

Looking in the window of Atlantis

19. February 2008

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I just love this picture. Here we have pilot Alan Poindexter and commander Steve Frick looking out the window of Atlantis. I love the sense of fragility – that this small little ship and those windows are all that are keeping these folks alive. Share and Enjoy:

NASA Updates Endeavour’s Move to Launch Pad Monday

16. February 2008

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Space shuttle Endeavour’s rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has been rescheduled for 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 18. Endeavour is targeted to lift off March 11 on the 16-day STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. The first movement of the shuttle will be approximately seven hours earlier than [...]

Columbus Laboratory – hoisted out of the Shuttle

14. February 2008

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If you’re at all wondering why ArsGeek hasn’t gotten a ton of new stories lately it’s because I’m nursing my entire family back to health after a horrible brush with Eobola. The doctors tell us it’s Flu but I’m not convinced. In the mean time, gaze with wonder at the Columbia lab being shuffled from [...]

Is there mood lighting in space?

12. February 2008

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According to this picture there is. Give me 15 minutes, a nice bottle of wine, and an EVA and I’ll have the shuttle doing back flips. Full sized space plane love here. Technorati Tags: picture, shuttle, nasa, esa, space, blackness, love, make parabolic arcs not war Share and Enjoy:

Autonomous undersea, underice robot to be tested in Wisconson. Has Raman sensor, obviously designed by poor grad students.

11. February 2008

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The ENDURANCE craft, an autonomous robot designed to swim in permanently icy oceans, possibly on Europa one day will be tested in Wisconsin starting tomorrow. My favorite part? The Raman sensor. Researchers will test a NASA-funded robotic probe under ice here on Earth to demonstrate whether the probe’s systems can operate in a similar environment [...]

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Space Shuttle flips the bird. Then Flambés it. Is there anything NASA can’t do?

Welcome home Endeavour

Finally, proof that the Brits are in communication with Aliens, Kate Hudson.

Is a photo of the Space Shuttle in Space art? What’s your opinion?

Icy Mars – Meet Promethei Planum, an area on Mars with 3500M of ice

NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour’s busy schedule

SpaceX chucking all kinds of stuff into Earth orbit in the next three years

Alien Civilization found! And it’s not from a Russian paper, so it must be true!

What will be the environmental impact of retiring the shuttle fleet?

For once the answer may really be in the stars.

Looking in the window of Atlantis

NASA Updates Endeavour’s Move to Launch Pad Monday

Columbus Laboratory – hoisted out of the Shuttle

Is there mood lighting in space?

Autonomous undersea, underice robot to be tested in Wisconson. Has Raman sensor, obviously designed by poor grad students.

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