Kennedy Space Center’s next job.
There was a lot of apprehension in Central Florida when the Space Shuttle was retired. They’re big vehicles with big missions that require lots and […]
space exploration
Science Art: Reflections by NASA/Bill Ingalls
Click to embiggen This is it. This image of space shuttle Atlantis was taken shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at Launch […]
Where’s Atlantis now?
Live shuttle tracking is going on here, so you’ll know when to wave as the flight passes overhead!
Robot astronauts.
I suppose automation just made the Space Shuttle obsolete (or, well, something like that). MSNBC reports that the latest supply ship to the ISS is […]
Voyager finds “froth” at the border of the solar system.
Like foam on a wave, I guess – or a kind of magnetic barrier. NASA says they’re surprised at what the space probes are turning […]
Science Art (from new NASA exhibit): Titan, by Daniel Zeller (2005)
This ink-on-paper drawing of Saturn’s moon is one of the 70 pieces in the new “NASA/Art: 50 Years of Exploration” exhibit at the National Air […]
Endeavour’s last touchdown.
Historic video: That’s the second-to-last shuttle mission. Ever. [via Washington Post]
The 100-Year Starship
OnOrbit Alpha wants all you really long-sighted business & organizational experts out there to know the Pentagon’s research arm wants your help in conquering space: […]
I, for one, welcome our new astronauts.
They’re squid. No, really. Science 2.0 has blown the whistle on the final Space Shuttle mission – the one that finally brings squid back to […]
Science Art: Imagining Mars, NASA-JPL, 1975
Click to embiggen This is what an artist in 1975 (or perhaps three artists) thought the future of Mars looked like. From the NASA-JPL description: […]
To Mercury.
The BBC warms up to NASA’s latest mission, which is about to get a close look at the planet Mercury: Messenger has had to use […]
Science Art: Saturn I Booster Test
Click to embiggen Little version of a big rocket. Photo from NasaImages.org: A Saturn I booster model is set up for testing in NASA Lewis […]
Science Art: Discovery’s Final Launch, by @Crooooow’s girlfriend.
Click to embiggen Reddit user Crooooow was flying from Florida to Chicago when the pilot announced that passengers could see something interesting out of the […]
Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2
This Japanese Red-Bellied Newt was part of the payload aboard the Space Shuttle’s STS-65 mission, which carried a few odd creatures into orbit for the […]
Science Art: PIA13755: Textures of ‘Santa Maria’ Crater, Sol 2476 , Mars Rover Opportunity & NASA.
Click to embiggen The Mars Rover Opportunity considers the textures of the Santa Maria crater on its 2,746th day on Mars. There are no footprints […]