Geek Joke of the Day
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.
The Real Cost of SETI
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…
Yuri Gagarin 50th Anniversary Links
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…
First Orbit
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…
Thanks Yuri and I’m Sorry We Let You Down
As you’ll know from all the coverage, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic first orbit of the Earth by a human. Back in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, it was a demonstration of superiority…
Astra Satellite 3B
This is Real Art was commissioned in 2009 by the satellite operator SES- Astra to document the build of a new bird, the Astra 3B, at their factory in France and its subsequent launch. Collaborating with photographer Simon Norfolk, they’ve produced a…
To Sail Beyond The Sunset
The Japanese space agency JAXA successfully unfurled the solar sail on the IKAROS demonstrator back on 10 June and now they have the photos to prove it. Taken by a tiny camera module launched from IKAROS, the photo was transferred…