NASA Space Shuttle Owner’s Workshop Manual Book Review
[/caption] The shuttle era is ending and when things end people have the tendency to look back and reflect on…
April 9th Fireball
In my time watching the skies, I've seen quite a few meteors, fireballs, and bolides. The truly notable ones are…
Look Inside a Lunar Crater
[/caption] The crater shown above is located in the lunar highlands and is filled with and surrounded by boulders of…
No Joy for Dark Matter Detector’s First 100 Days
[/caption] We’re still mostly in the dark about Dark Matter, and the highly anticipated results from the XENON100 detector has…
Cast Your Vote for Student “Spirit of Innovation” Awards
[/caption] The Spirit of Innovation Awards is a wonderful competition that challenges teams of high school students to create innovative…
Captain Kirk and the Space Shuttle
William Shatner narrates this look back at how the idea for the space shuttle was born; it also details what…
A Varying Venusian Vortex
Our neighboring planet Venus really is a world of extremes; searing surface temperatures, crushing air pressure, sulfuric acid clouds...Venus pretty…
‘Sonic Booms’ in Space Linked to Star Formation
[/caption] Its true there is no sound in empty interstellar space, but the Herschel space observatory has observed the cosmic…
Iridium Next Prepares to Ride the Falcon
[/caption] To date, Iridium NEXT is the largest commercial space launch contract with any single entity. All total, the contract…
Where In The Universe Challenge #144
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…