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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. Curiosity carries with it the hopes and dreams of, not just a lot of scientists and NASA engineers, but also
The Institute of Engineering and Technology's monthly magazine always has plenty of tech articles and this month is no exception with a look at the different approaches to space flight being adopted by the US and Russia in Gateway to the Stars. In the US, privateers are pushing forwards with the new Spaceport America in New Mexico, while the Russians
ISS pass with perseid meteor from Bryan Stewart on Vimeo.
This is really bad.... Apparently the NASA Juno probe couldn't use a real-time operating system because it's Io bound. Thanks to @marnanel for that gem.
I found an interesting info-graphic today while browsing one of my favorite science blogs - Bad Astronomy, run by astronomer, author, and debunker of woo, Phil Plait. As everyone has probably heard, SETI, the "search for extraterrestrial intelligence" is being shut down. The issue was budget-related. To be fair, Phil got this from the Microcosmologist blog. A portion of the
To conclude our short series of posts on Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 fifty years' ago, I thought I might put together a few of the best links that I've found on the web for those who want to know more about Yuri and his historic flight. Yuri Gagarin's Wikipedia Entry YuriGagarin50.org - A comprehensive
Continuing the celebration of Yuri Gagarin's orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 back in 1961, First Orbit is a documentary film that joins archive footage of the event with modern shots taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The filmmaker, Christopher Riley, collaborated with the European Space Agency to see if it would be possible to film the same