Happy Birthday NASA!
Fifty-three years ago today, on October 1st, 1958; NASA became an operational and fully functioning governmental administration.
From the National Archives of Australia: “In July 1979 the US Skylab space station, in a poor state of repair and with its orbit decaying, spiralled back to earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Several fragments from the wreck fell in the Western Australian outback, and became popular finds. This image shows a piece of the debris on display at the 1979 Miss Universe contest held in Perth.”
Why we should get out of the city every once in a while.
Light pollution is robbing us of dark skies.
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Tuesday that ground controllers are figuring out how best to leave the vast complex running — what lights to leave on, which vents to keep open — in case it needs to be temporarily abandoned.
A Russian rocket carrying space station supplies failed during liftoff two weeks ago and crashed into Siberia. It’s the same type of rocket used to launch people to the station. Until Russian engineers can figure out what went wrong, all Soyuz launches are on hold.
Astronauts have been living aboard the station, without interruption, for almost 11 years.
A Russian rocket carrying space station supplies failed during liftoff two weeks ago and crashed into Siberia. It’s the same type of rocket used to launch people to the station. Until Russian engineers can figure out what went wrong, all Soyuz launches are on hold.
Astronauts have been living aboard the station, without interruption, for almost 11 years.
Father and Son: STS-1 and STS-135 by arockalypse on Flickr.
the first and the last space shuttle launches being watched by father and son
Space shuttle beginning and end.
