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Science Art: Exploration Imagery: S88-29653, the Project Pathfinder Autonomous Lander

22 February 2009 grant b 0



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This was what space was going to be in 1988. All acrylic paints and spindly legs.

You can read more about the Autonomous Lander of Project Pathfinder at NASA’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Exploration Imagery: S88-29653, the Project Pathfinder Autonomous Lander”

Science Art: The Dry Frost of Mars.

25 January 2009 grant b 0



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On Mars, the polar ice caps grow and shrink with the seasons, just like on Earth.

But unlike Earth, the Martian ice cap is made of CO2.

Image from the Electron Microscopy … Read the rest “Science Art: The Dry Frost of Mars.”

Big Boom. Boom. Boom.

19 January 2009 grant b 0

NASA likes listening to space, because it’s kind of noisy up there. Somewhere in the background there are echoes of the Big Bang, and if we can decipher those, we’ll know a lot… Read the rest “Big Boom. Boom. Boom.”

Beyond the Twittering Phoenix.

16 January 2009 grant b 0

It’s hard to imagine the Mercury Seven swapping SuperPokes, but today’s space agency is a different kind of organization. Maybe.

You can find out yourself by checking out … Read the rest “Beyond the Twittering Phoenix.”

SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)

22 November 2008 grant b 1

SONG: “Build us a House (They Could See From Space).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Ancient Peru pyramid… Read the rest “SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)”

Best Science Headline Contender:

12 November 2008 grant b 0

From the British paper The Register, reporting on the ammonia-laden refrigerator being ejected from the International Space Station:
ASTRONAUT SPACE DUMP PONG-BOMB FRAG SHOWER TODAY… Read the rest “Best Science Headline Contender:”

SONG: Now the Snow

23 October 2008 grant b 0

SONG:Now the Snow. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “It’s snowing on Mars”, iTwire, 30 Sep 2008, as cited in … Read the rest “SONG: Now the Snow”

Satellite Discovers Pyramid at Nazca.

20 October 2008 grant b 1

You may have caught this on MSNBC, but Italian researchers studying imagery from the Quickbird satellite discovered a 97,000-square-foot pyramid on the banks of Peru’s Nazca river… Read the rest “Satellite Discovers Pyramid at Nazca.”

Columbia Astronaut’s Diary Recovered

7 October 2008 grant b 0

AP is carrying a poignant story about Israel’s first astronaut, whose diary survived the Columbia’s explosion over Palestine, Texas:

The U.S. space agency returned the

… Read the rest “Columbia Astronaut’s Diary Recovered”

It falls everywhere.

30 September 2008 grant b 1

Well, as the world markets plunge, something else has started falling. It’s snowing on Mars:

iTwire reports:
Canada’s York University professor Jim Whiteway, who is the

… Read the rest “It falls everywhere.”

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