Tag Archives: NASA

Associated Press: “A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts, NASA’s Tom Marshburn, Russia’s Roman Romanenko, and Canada’s Chris Hadfield, took off atop a towering Russian rocket on Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station.”

NASA has confirmed the presence of ice on the north pole of Mercury. Temperatures on Mercury can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit (427 degrees Celsius), but around the north pole, in areas permanently shielded from the sun’s heat, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft found a mix of frozen water and possible organic materials. Evidence of big pockets of ice is visible from a …

The Mars Curiosity rover has at last confirmed what astronomers have long believed. The landing site of the Mars rover Curiosity was once covered with fast-moving and possibly waist-high water that could have possibly supported life, NASA scientists announced Thursday. While planetary scientists have often speculated that the now-desiccated surface of Mars was once wet, Curiosity cameras provided the first …

“Every human has a finite number of heartbeats and I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” – Neil Armstrong.

The clip notes that the video is at three times actual speed.

You will now go waste a good chunk of your day playing with the Mars Greeley Haven 360 panorama camera. (Via Americablog)

Source.

Curiosity already has 600K Twitter followers.

Mars Rover Landing Mission Director Bobak Ferdowsi became an instant internet star overnight. Below the crew at Mission Control reacts in jubilation to the successful touchdown of Curiosity.(Via Buzzfeed)

Video appears after clicking play. The rover is scheduled to touch down at 1:17AM eastern time, but confirmation won’t be received for about 15 minutes.

“Not every gay or lesbian person wants to be an activist, and when a public figure comes out, he or she can be thrust into that role by the media, which start asking the individual’s opinion on every gay topic of the day. Not every gay or lesbian person even considers his or her sexual orientation one of the most …

After astronaut Dr. Sally Ride was posthumously outed in her obituaries earlier this week, many are wondering why she hadn’t been publicly open about her orientation. The Associated Press weighs in: In pop culture, the fine arts, the entertainment industry, and in some individual sports, it’s now commonplace for luminaries to be out as gay or lesbian. But in many …

When I first posted yesterday’s notice of pioneering astronaut Sally Ride’s death, some readers immediately seized upon the mention of her “partner of 27 years.” Last night Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner spoke to Ride’s sister, who confirmed that Ride was indeed a lesbian. The pioneering scientist was, a statement from Sally Ride Science announced, survived by “Tam O’Shaughnessy, her partner …

Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died today of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. According to Sally Ride Science, her historic flight into space captured the nation’s imagination and made her a household name. She became a symbol of the ability of women to break barriers and a hero to generations of adventurous young girls. …

The world’s first private rocket is on its way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off early Tuesday morning on an unmanned supply mission. If the mission goes well, it could change space travel forever, marking the start of what could be a new era in American spaceflight. You could think of the launch as …

More here.

The 747 carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise to NYC’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum will make a low-level flight over the city much like the one seen by DC residents last week. The piggyback flight departed Dulles moments ago and will be gliding past the Statue Of Liberty and up the Hudson River. ETA is some time after 11am.

There’s been a lot of solar photography lately.