Send Your Name To Mars!
It’s free! You can get your name on a microchip placed aboard the next Mars Rover, just by filling in this form here!
It may take a couple of tries – the server is apparently really… Read the rest “Send Your Name To Mars!”
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Science Art: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus, by Cassini.
This is Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons that might harbor life. That nearly geometric blue pattern on its surface is called “tiger striping,”… Read the rest “Science Art: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus, by Cassini.”
Science Art: 3D movie taken by the Terrain Camera (TC) of KAGUYA (SELENE) during its maneuvered falling to the Moon.), Japanese Space Agency JAXA.
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This is the Japanese lunar probe Kayuga (Selene) crashing into the Moon.
More specifically, this is a 3D rendering of data sent by the probe as it ended its mission … Read the rest “Science Art: 3D movie taken by the Terrain Camera (TC) of KAGUYA (SELENE) during its maneuvered falling to the Moon.), Japanese Space Agency JAXA.”
Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006
On September 15, 2006, the Cassini Space Probe had its historic rendezvous with Saturn, giving us – five days later – the first up-close look at the… Read the rest “Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006”
Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.
“Oops,” of course, is a word that means science is going about its job correctly, because by discovering mistakes we learn what works and what doesn’t. So, um, it’s… Read the rest “Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.”
Paul Calle’s Apollo sketches
In 1969, NASA artist Paul Calle followed the Apollo astronauts as they prepared to climb into a capsule and ride a rocket to the moon.
Luckily for us, he sketched what he saw.
Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
June marks the official beginning of hurricane season. Here’s where they start from, whirling spirals off the coast of North Africa. Soon, I imagine, a couple… Read the rest “Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery”
Their Spock probably has a beard, too.
Have you ever really looked at the logo for China’s space agency?
Seem familiar?
Yes, you have seen it before.
Spirit in the sand.
The Mars Rover Spirit could use a couple two-by-fours, the LA Times reports, because its wheels are spinning in place… a very faraway place:
… Read the rest “Spirit in the sand.”Over the last few days, controllers at
Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957
What might life on Mars be like? That’s the question Disney was asking TV viewers in 1957.
This has to be seen to be believed….
FANTASTIC HUNTERS WHO KILL BY CONCENTRATING THE… Read the rest “Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957”
The satellite feels.
BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight:
… Read the rest “The satellite feels.”As Goce “bumps” through Earth’s
Moon Flowers.
Peggy Lee, Santana
The view from there.
Item 1: The Telegraph reports on a group of teenagers who used a <$100 camera and a balloon to take some great pictures of space:
… Read the rest “The view from there.”Gerard Marull, 18, said: “We were overwhelmed at
Google Mars gets better.
Discover’s Bad Astronomy blog highlights some keen new ways to look at the Red Planet:
… Read the rest “Google Mars gets better.”One is an overlay that shows old historical maps, like the ones Percival Lowell made in the late