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Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…
Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground
[/caption] With all of the activity that's been occurring on the Sun recently, the aurorae have been exceptionally bright…
Awesome Pic: Astronaut Ron Garan’s Window to the World
[/caption] This has become my new favorite space photo! Look closely into the windows of the Cupola on the International…
Happy Equinox!
We're now in Autumn (in the Northern Hemisphere), the time when the length of day and night are roughly the…
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Book Review: A Dictionary of the Space Age
[/caption] Writing a dictionary is not the same as writing a novel. While it might seem difficult to mess up…
Seen From Space: Sacred Rocks Of The Outback
[/caption] Is this a close-up of what's in that long forgotten plastic container you found on the back shelf of…
Only U.S. Astronaut On-Orbit During 9/11 Reflects on 10th Anniversary of Attacks
[/caption] A decade ago, the 9/11 attacks killed close to three thousand people and with the chaos that ensued many…
It Turns Out Some Borders *Are* Visible from Space
[/caption] There is an oft-repeated and perhaps beautiful saying that you can't see political borders from space. Well, it turns…
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Deadly and Destructive Path of Hurricane Irene seen in NASA Videos and Images
http://youtu.be/5Qz75kxR-0M NASA Video Caption: The Life of Hurricane Irene from the Caribbean to Canada from August 21 through August 29…
The View from Space: Northwestern Europe at Night
[/caption] Astronauts always say the view of Earth is the best part of being in space. Here's a beautiful shot…