7 Minutes Of Terror

Landing on Mars.. Watch it in HD, full screen!

What Dragon Brought Back

Nothing "critical", of course.  Still, significant and of value.  The first commercial mission to the ISS has to be taged as a total success.  Well done Space X!

Lightning From The ISS

Looks more like a Nuke!

Click to enlarge.

The ISS Crew Left A Surprize Inside Dragon

Dragon Masters!!!

Rhea Transits Saturn

See more and a higher resolution picture here:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=2168
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SpaceX On The Way

SpaceX First Launch to ISS (unmanned) might seem like no big deal, to some. It's something I have been waiting for since I was 15 years old (35-ish years ago) and dreamt up a story called Dusters. It's a first,of many more to come. They are getting to the ISS at a fraction of the cost for NASA to do it. I am not knocking NASA, just stating a fact. And NASA had a lot of oversight/input on this project.


Frankly I think this is fantastic, and America should be proud to have another "first" in space. I can only imagine what we might accomplish if a number of companies from different countries team up and go do something in space that is profitable. It will happen some day, hopefully soon.

ISS Star Trails

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_photo/sets/72157629726792248/

Fantastic pictures...the whole set is at the link above.

Soyuz Lauch This Morning

More here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/7201201862/
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A Black Hole Shreds A Star

NASA Bathroom Door

This is at a training center, where the Astronauts wear microphones...

Shuttle Enterprise Over New York

I thought it going there on a Barge?? Cool though. Click pics to enlarge. Look who showed up to watch "Enterprise"

Happy Birthday Hubble

Neil deGrasse Tyson

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SpaceCh

Fascinating discussion on the future of NASA, space exploration and the economy.  My one dissent would be a lack of Commercial/Private investment.  Since I was 16 I knew it would happen, and I also knew Social Security would be screwed by Congress.  Yes, I knew that at 16 years old.

Discovery's DC Visit (NASA Photos)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_photo/

Drill down to the high resolution ones!

Closup Of The Shuttle Cockpit

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120416-nasa-space-shuttle-discovery-smithsonian-360-tour-panorama-science/

Shuttle Carrier

World's Greatest Piggyback Ride

04.10.12

Time lapse video of the preparations to mate the shuttle to the carrier.

Shuttle Carrier Arrives To Deliver Discovery

On April 17th this 747 will parade the Shuttle Discovery around the airspace over Washington DC. I will sadly, be too far away to see it. Check NASA for details (mainly downtown).

It will be the last time a Space Shuttle is up in the air.

One Clock To Rule Them All

How to compensate for long distance (inter-planetary) communications with spacecraft. Make it a one-way command.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/clock/dsac.html

To sum it up, it can take many hours (at light speed) for a signal from a spacecraft to reach earth, and the same or longer time to reply.  This allows us to just tell the craft what to do, and we can hear back from you later.  Lots of assuming "everything is OK".  Which is ok...and more efficient.

Shuttle Vs Soyuz

The difference between a launch of a capsule and a "ship" is obvious.

ISS During Reboost