How would you like to help map the Moon or Vesta? Or maybe you’re interested in helping pick out a Kuiper Belt Object for detailed inspection by NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft? Science fiction? Wish fulfillment? Fantasy? Alternate Reality Game? No, my friends, this is real reality. In Moon Mappers, you’ll use images taken by the… View Article
In the summer of 1969 I was 7 years old. The only thing I remember doing from July 16th to July 24th was following the flight of Apollo 11 in the papers, on the radio and on the television with Walter Cronkite. Other than a few conversations with my grandparents about what I was doing… View Article
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011… and now, just days away, it’s about to reach its destination. These have been exciting times for anybody who has even the slightest interest in astronomy and our universe. From the new discoveries by Cassini, Keppler and Hubble to the transit of Venus across the… View Article
If you thought the transit of Venus across the Sun was a big deal, then strap yourself in because the August 5th landing of the NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, AKA the Curiosity rover, will be the main event. On Friday I’ll post a listing of the coverage of the event, from Bill Nye and the… View Article
