‘Space’ Archives
Geeky Space Picture of The Day: Ares I-X Launch
(High Resolution Version) Ares I-X Roars Off the Pad With more than 12 times the thrust produced by a Boeing 747 jet aircraft, the Constellation Program's Ares I-X test rocket roars off Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At left is space shuttle Atlantis, poised on Launch Pad 39A for liftoff in November. Also, [...]
Geeky Space Picture of the Day: Dueling Rockets
(High Resolution Version) At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket (left) awaits a late October 2009 liftoff on Launch Pad 39B on its upcoming flight test. In the distance are space shuttle Atlantis (right) atop Launch Pad 39A, and the pads and processing facilities on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Reason #91 to like Felicia Day
She's making videos for NASA now too... Here she's talking about the Spitzer Telescope and some of the science behind galactic "collisions" "What in the name of Joss Wheadon was that?"
Geeky Space Picture Of the Day: Ares I-X Rollout
This is the rocket that will replace the Space Shuttle one day... well, more or less. This one will only fly for two minutes, and has a fake second stage, but it does look like the new rocket anyway. Basically NASA is launching this bad boy just to prove that a rocket this tall and skinny will fly the way they want it to. At 327 feet it's nearly [...]
Geeky Space Picture of the Day: Martian Sand Dunes
This picture comes from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera. The sand dunes are in the center of a large crater at mid-north latitude on Mars. (Large version) (h/t to The Bad Astronomer)
Water Discovered on The Moon
Big news from India: Dreams of establishing a manned Moon base could become reality within two decades after India’s first lunar mission found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface. Data from Chandrayaan-1 also suggests that water is still being formed on the Moon. Scientists said the breakthrough — to be announced by Nasa [...]
Geeky Space Picture of The Day: Hitchin’ a Ride
The Space Shuttle Discovery catches a ride back to the Kennedy Space Center on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Larger version)
