According to NASA the Mars rover, Spirit, has gotten itself stuck and is in danger of loosing power. Last year, Spirit’s wheels became stuck in loose sand after breaking through the brittle surface. It is now in a position with its solar panels tilted towards the sun, but as the season changes the will become unaligned, [...]
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First Image From WISE Telescope
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) was launched last month by NASA is on a nine month mission to map the universe in infrared. Essentially, WISE is a scout for larger platforms like the Hubble Telescope, looking for any point of interest. This image was taken right after the telescope jettisoned it’s lens cover. Below is [...]
Hubble Spots Cosmic Christmas Tree
Merry Christmas, courtesy of the Hubble Telescope. This nebula is 170,000 light years away, and the super massive star cluster, to the right, was created by this nebula. If you are having any difficulty finding the “Christmas Tree” look for the negative space just left of center. Via POPSI Photo courtesy of NASA
NASA Is Much Smarter Than the Mayan Empire
The Mayans supposedly said that the world will end on December 21, 2012. NASA said they’re full of it. In a classic he said/she said NASA is tossing money into a campaign designed to dispel what they call internet rumours. There is also a doomsday movie opening Friday called 2012 about, you guessed it, the [...]
iPhone Soon to be Offered in Klingon
This past Friday, NASA “launched” its new iPhone app. This app is for mission updates, pictures, general NASA information and more. The app’s features include: Twitter feed access Image of the day Countdown clocks Videos ISS tracking Maps Satellite imagery Satellite positions All of these features are available online but now that information is portable. [...]
August in Space
August was an incredible month for Outer Space. Below are a few pictures that came out of this last month. Discovery lifting off at midnight on Aug. 28. Victoria Crater. The cool thing here is that if you view this pic larger, you can see the tracks of the rover. One of my favorites, Saturn [...]
Apollo 11: 40 Years Later
It has been 40 years now since we landed on the Moon. In 1969, on a measly 256k worth of total memory, we successfully sent 3 men to the Moon and back. Commander – Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot – Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, and Command Module Pilot – Michael Collins would forever be remembered. For [...]
