SpaceX Explosion at Kennedy Space Centre
Reports are coming in of an explosion at Kennedy during a test firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ahead of a weekend launch. Limited news on BBC and ABC13. Hope everyone is ok.
Morgan Freeman Brings You the Universe
http://youtu.be/VuwU3e_ojuo Mankind has long been at the mercy of the cosmos – subject to the often violent happenings of the boundless universe that exists beyond the confines of Earth’s atmosphere. But today humans are taking huge steps to claim space…
Full-length Felix Bomgartner helmet cam video released
Just over one year ago, Felix Bomgartner rode his Red Bull Stratos balloon to the staggering height of 128,000 feet and then leaped out, free-falling from the stratosphere. It was the highest skydive ever made and, thanks to the extremely thin…
NASA Goes Johnson Style
NASA Johnson Style is an educational parody of Psy’s Gangnam Style, produced by the students of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. It’s brilliant and deserves as much attention as the original. I’m sure this will be all over the web in a few…
Cool space and astronomy themes for Windows
You know that those of us at GNC love space and astronomy almost as much as we love computers and technology. While we all use different operating systems — Windows, Mac, and even Linux, we can all agree that a…
Curiosity Spent Halloween Taking Amazing Self Portrait
Most of us have spent the past couple of months being completely fascinated with Curiosity, the latest and largest lander to roam the surface of Mars. NASA has been regularly posting images snapped by the multiple cameras on board the…
New Helmet Cam Video of Baumgartner’s Incredible Freefall from Space
Yesterday Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner ascended to the dizzying height of 128,100 feet (24.2 miles) above the earth in a two hour balloon ride. He then came back down in a considerably faster way by stepping out of his capsule onto a…