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Shuttle in orbit
According to NASA the shuttle made a successful night lift off and reached orbit about 20 min. ago.With a successful climb to orbit now behind them, Commander Mark Polansky and his crew can get down to...
View ArticleShuttle Atlantis & the ISS
The 2 space carft are approaching the NW section of the USA If you check out this site you can see them. I haven't been able to see the shuttle chasing down the ISS yet it's on my listI know this is a...
View ArticleSaddam's Plot to Kill George H.W. Bush most likely False
"After all, this is a guy who tried to kill my dad at one time."– George W. Bush at a political fund raiser – September 26, 2002.For fifteen years we’ve heard about the supposed plot by Saddam Hussein...
View ArticleEndeavour Launches! Home improvement comin' up.
STS 126 launched beautifully this evening at 8:55 EST from Kennedy Space Centre. Night launches are always spectacular, and this one was no exception. The countdown was extremely smooth, except...
View Article"Holy nukes in space Batman!" What will Obama do? take the poll now.
Main Article:"Holy nukes in space Batman!" What will Obama do? Will our new President finally put America on a true path to space development?Poll Results: Weekend round up. Stunning results? You...
View ArticleKudos to Space X
Space X is a private spacelaunch systems company founded by Elon Musk that has developed cheaper satellite launchers (Falcon 1) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) lifter (Falcon...
View ArticleHow To Build A Rocket from Scratch, Note: Large Photos
The name Elon Musk may not be familiar to many of you, but the company that he help found and later sold to Ebay, Paypal, will definitely ring a bell. Elon Musk also founded Zip2 which he sold to...
View ArticleLiving in Space - A Tour of the ISS
In case you were not aware, there is a huge RV floating in orbit around our planet. On it, lives several astronauts at a time doing research in fields of study ranging from physics to biology. The...
View ArticleRussia announces verbal deal. Poll Results. Star Trek News.
MAIN ARTICLE: Russia announces verbal deal.What did America just agree to? Was this decision made by the new Obama Administration? Story starts below the fold.Poll Results: A dismal turnout for...
View ArticleObama makes out of this world phone call? New Poll.
MAIN ARTICLE: Obama makes out of this world phone call?President Obama makes a long distance call ... to space.Page 2:"Liberals, space activists, and the Great Orange Satan."A DKOS writer presents a...
View ArticleThe Russians are Planning on Staying in Space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...Russia 'to save its ISS modules'Industry officials told BBC News of plans to keep the Russian ISS modules flying around a decade from now. ISS partners are optimistic they will...
View ArticleThis Week In Space: The Second Step to Space
Yesterday, while I was reading a post on the Bad Astronomy blog, I came across this comment:Imagine how many Hubbles could be orbiting, if billions had not been poured down the money-gurgler that is...
View Article$100,000 tool bag comes down to Earth
Not even Home Improvement's Tim Taylor could match this feat in the wacky world of space construction. Somewhere in the mists of TV Land, the Tool Man is guffawing at the loss of the high-priced...
View ArticleAlligator & Antagonized Atheists
I went searching for beauty today and found an alligator, spiders, birds and more birds ...http://www.flickr.com/...These photographs constitute my argument for humankind to live at peace with Nature...
View ArticleArne Duncan's Race to the Bottom
Here is an idea let's get rid of experienced professionals, and replace them with private companies. Let's take a public good, and try to incentivize it to the hands of private corporations. It has...
View ArticleBut do the aliens steal wifi?
There's a fascinating piece up today on Slashdot about the IT infrastructure contained on the International Space Station and the techs who maintain it. How much IT does a four person crew need? More...
View ArticleA view of Earth and space from up here. Plus: Video of President Obama in...
The Space Shuttle Endeavour is disembarking from the International Space Station where the new Tranquility node was installed this week with a 7-window cupola that shows some fantastic, tantalizing...
View ArticleThe US has a new winged space vehicle
With all the lamenting over the retirement of the Space Shuttle later this year after a long almost 30 year history, you would think American technological innovation in the space arena was dying along...
View ArticleKat's Weekday Obama Administration Report, 12/15/10
Hi, all. Today's report features:• Online Wednesday Watch: Soyuz launch to space station starts 12:30 p.m. here; White House Forum on Environmental Justice starts 10 a.m. EST here.• First Question...
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