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Joe Kelly's Thoughts on Neil Armstrong

Joe Kelly — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:25:13 +0000

It really was a giant leap for mankind. Over the weekend, the world lost the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. I remember sitting in our living room, in front of the TV, watching as Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon for the very first time. The 1960′s was such [...]

We're NASA And We Know It

Georgia — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:31:55 +0000

NASA has the Mohawk Guy. They landed the Mars Curiosity on Mars. Now they have a parody.

Meet NASA's Mohawk Guy Bobak Ferdowsi

Georgia — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:21:38 +0000

He became an overnight Internet sensation after the NASA Mars Curiosity landing. Anyone watching the live feed of the touchdown, no doubt was taken by Bobak Ferdowski, aka Mohawk Guy. He has 10,000 new followers on Twitter after Monday’s touchdown of the Mars rover. Now you can meet the man all the ladies of Twitter [...]

Help Wanted: Astronauts

Chris Coleman — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:02:06 +0000

NASA announced earlier this week that they are now accepting applications for the next class of astronauts — and because it’s a federal job, anybody can apply (whether you’re qualified or not is a different story). 15 full-time astronauts (as opposed to part-time?) will be hired by the space agency in the next couple of [...]

Awesome Time-lapse Video of Earth From Space [VIDEO]

Chris Coleman — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:50:31 +0000

This is a time-lapse video of Earth, taken from International Space Station expeditions 28 and 29 from August to October of this year, with a super-sensitive high definition TV camera (no, you can’t buy one for Christmas). If you look carefully enough, you may be able to see short glimpses of lightning flashes from thunderstorms [...]

Large Asteroid To Just Miss Earth November 8th

Chris Coleman — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:46:26 +0000

Next Tuesday, while we’re all voting on Election Day, a large asteroid will be passing by Earth. How close? Asterioid “2005 YU55″ will come within 201,700 miles of Earth, according to NASA — that’s closer than the moon is to our planet (about 0.85 of the distance). This asteroid is 1,300 feet wide, or about [...]