Lunar Eclipse 2010
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by feistyfranny in Dis & Dat, Lifestyle, News
All of North America is in for a treat in the morning at 4:15 A.M. (CST). Central and Western U.S. will get the best views. As the moon sets in the west the eclipse will reach its max. Those on the East coast will only get a brief view. NASA Science news reports that the [...]
1st Tweet From Space
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Chuck Rocker in Dis & Dat, Lifestyle, News, Tech
Yep, Twitter has crept its socially invasive platform into space. The people of Earth have just received their very first Tweet from Space by astronaut TJ Creamer. Here’s what he had to say: “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send [...]
Space Tourism, Virgin Galactic
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Dis & Dat, Lifestyle, News, Tech
“NASA spent billions upon billions of dollars on space travel and has only managed to send 480 people,” Sir Richard Branson said. “We’re literally hoping to send thousands of people into space over the next couple of years. We want to make sure that we build a spaceship that is 100 percent safe.” In Los [...]
Water on the Moon
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Dis & Dat, News, Tech
Last month NASA “intentionally” crashed a spacecraft into the moon (tax dollars at work). And finally today they’ve made an official announcement concerning the findings: “Indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn’t find just a little bit, we found a significant amount,” said Anthony Colaprete, the mission’s principal investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center. [...]
Orionid Meteor Shower Tonight
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Dis & Dat, News
Wanna see something cool? Assuming you live in a place where the pollution (light and environmental) hasn’t completely destroyed your view of the night sky…get outside tonight to see the Orionid Meteor Shower! Years and years ago Haley’s Comet shot through space leaving comet debris in its wake. And now, every year when the Earth [...]
NASA Bombs the Moon
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by rubber chicken in News, Tech, Video
NASA bombed the moon this morning. Yep, that’s what I said. NASA shot an LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) into the Cabeus crater on the south pole of the moon Friday morning in order to create a debris cloud from which to collect samples. The purpose of the mission is to search for [...]
Space Shuttle Landing – VIDEOS
Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by rubber chicken in News, Tech, Video
The space shuttle Endeavor has touched down safely at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its seven astronauts successfully completed a 16 day mission to the International Space Station, which included five spacewalks. In addition, the shuttle delivered a new crew member, flight engineer Tim Kopra, to the Space Station and picked up Japanese astronaut Koichi [...]
NASA Pushes Launch to Sunday
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by rubber chicken in News, Tech
NASA was forced to postpone the launch of U.S. space shuttle Discovery on Wednesday due to a hydrogen fuel leak. Nasa has scheduled lift-off for Sunday evening, but the “exact launch date is dependent on the work necessary to repair the problem.” Discovery will be carrying the final piece of the International Space Station’s power system. [...]
Samim Anghaie Accused of Defrauding NASA of Hundreds of Thousands of Taxpayer Dollars
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by Gouda in Dis & Dat
NASA’s funding is “out of sight.”. Literally. Iranian-born Samim Anghaie, 59, Director of the Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute at the University of Florida and his wife, 55-year-old Sousan Anghaie, president of New Era Technology Inc., have been accused of defrauding NASA. According to the affidavit, the Anghaies “submitted multiple fraudulent certified contract [...]
What Does Moondust Smell Like?
Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by rubber chicken in Dis & Dat
According to NASA, moondust smells nothing like teen spirit. Well, maybe at some schools. The scent is said to resemble that of burnt gunpowder. Learn more about moondust and listen to “The Mysterious Smell of Moondust” podcast.
