Teen Sends Lego Space Shuttle Into Space
An eighteen year old named Raul Oaida, who is from Romania, is a big fan of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. When he learned that the program had ended, he decided to see if he could manage to launch a replica…
An Incredibly Clear View of Ireland From Space
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and NASA’s Earth Observatory website is celebrating by selecting a remarkably clear view of Ireland as its Image of the Day. It is easy to see why Ireland is called “The Emerald Isle”. Several different…
Five Rockets in Five Minutes
If you live on the East coast of the United States, be sure to watch the skies tonight. NASA will be launching five rockets in five minutes from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on March 14, 2012. The launches…
Where to See a Retired Space Shuttle
NASA ended the Space Shuttle Program in July of 2011, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its return trip to Earth. The program lasted for 30 years, and had a total of 135 missions. There will not be any more…
Curiosity Is On It’s Way To Mars
The big one we have all been waiting for is on it’s way. The Mars Science Laboratory, better known as the Curiosity rover, lifted off yesterday from Florida and began it’s 8 and half month journey to the red planet. …
Great ISS and Meteor Video
One of my favorite web sites, Universe Today, has linked up a video that really captured my imagination. The video, captured by Bryan Stewart and posted to Vimeo, shows the International Space Station (ISS) passing overhead during the recent Perseid…
60 Years of BBC’s Reith Lectures as Podcasts
Sixty years of the BBC’s Reith Lectures archive have been made available as downloadable .mp3s, a fantastic resource for Renaissance geeks and lovers of 20th century history. The Reith Lectures are an annual short series of lectures on issues of…